The New York Times

ABS has shrunk the strike zone; walks are spiking as pitchers try to adjust

Pitchers are reckoning with a smaller, moving strike zone as a result of ABS, and walking more batters as a result. Frank Jansky / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The strike zone is baseball’s sacred ...
USA Today

MLB ABS system stats are coming in: What players are best at challenges?

Ten percent of the season is in the books. Does Major League Baseball play any differently after three weeks of the automatic ball-strike challenge system? Perhaps ...
Associated Press

MLB games are lasting a little longer this season. One reason could be the new ABS system

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Minnesota Twins’ Josh Bell, right, signals for ...
MLB

Marlins’ backstops working to master the art of the challenge

DETROIT -- One of the biggest storylines revolving around the 2026 Marlins concerned how Agustín Ramírez and Liam Hicks would fare behind the dish in their second big league season as a catching ...
The New York Times

Some umps fear ABS is causing fans to judge them by near-impossible standards

The average miss of the 11 most accurate umps is 0.7 inches or less, according to tracking website Tap the Challenge. Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Most businesses would balk at creating a ...