Overreaction runs rampant in fantasy baseball in early April. When a player hits 2 HR in a game, he is the next coming of Babe Ruth. A sparsely-known pitcher spins a beautiful outing and he has ...

We are less than a week into Major League Baseball's new ABS challenge system for balls and strikes, and it is already having a significant impact on games, the way they are played and the way they ...

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During spring training this year, Major League Baseball used a challenge system for balls and strikes based on ABS (automated ball-strike system). For those unaware, ABS uses a Hawk-Eye camera that ...

SAN FRANCISCO — No major-league catcher is better at framing pitches and coaxing borderline strike calls than Patrick Bailey. The Giants’ switch-hitting catcher leads his cohort by such a wide margin ...

The ABS Challenge System was first utilized in MLB during spring training in 2025. | Mike Lang / Sarasota Herald-Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images MLB games will look different in spring ...

For baseball fans, it’s always sad to see generational talents slow down, seemingly playing out the last days of their amazing careers. Mike Trout’s 2025 was discouraging by almost any measure. A ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Justyn-Henry Malloy is renowned for his elite plate discipline and ability to swing at pitches within the strike zone, so much so that he has been dubbed the human version of the ...

Major League Baseball’s ABS challenge system, introduced for 2026, is influencing in-game decision-making and coinciding with longer average game times. Early rankings reveal which players and teams ...