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The ABS challenge system has generated a buzz in spring camps, just like Spencer Jones and Konnor Griffin have with their bats. Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; Photos: Christian ...

The 2026 MLB season will be the first with the new ABS Challenge System in place. MLB introduces Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System with player-initiated challenges for disputed calls. Players ...

PEORIA, Ariz. — Nick Pivetta pounds his first into his glove after big strikeouts as he stalks off the mound. He’s usually screaming something simultaneously. He leans and ducks and bends in ways that ...

TEMPE, Ariz. — A few times through the middle innings of the Angels’ game on Tuesday, a hitter would disagree with an umpire’s call, and then glare into the ...

In his first battle against the automated ball-strike system, Paul Skenes was no match for the robots. Pitching his first inning of the spring as he ramps up for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and Team ...

Within three years, no embedded software developer is going to be writing code. I know it sounds like another one of my controversial statements. But I recently used Claude Code to write the best ...

Major League Baseball's exhibition season gets underway Friday afternoon. Unlike most years, this round of spring training isn't just serving as a warm-up for the players, but rather will also serve ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. — Last year, spring training games used ABS as an experiment. Now, it’s a springboard into the regular season. MLB’s decision to go to the automated ball strike system — which was ...

The Mets and all of Major League Baseball will have to navigate a new way to determine balls and strikes in 2026. Starting on Opening Day, the automatic ball and strike (ABS) challenge system will be ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jose Altuve took the first pitch he saw from Hunter Brown in a live batting practice Friday and tapped his helmet, signaling for a challenge under the automatic ball-strike ...