There were 30 total ABS challenges in Major League Baseball on Thursday's Opening Day. One player issued more challenges than any other on ball-strike calls: Chicago White Sox catcher Edgar Quero.

The 2026 MLB season is officially underway and it didn’t take long for the new ABS (Automated Ball/Strike) Challenge System to be used in a number of games on Opening Day. One of the best uses of the ...

ARLINGTON — The Rangers — who appeared somewhat hesitant to use the automatic balls and strike challenge system in the early stages of games this season — have loosened up. Or, at least, left fielder ...

A walk-off via ABS challenge? It took less than a week for Major League Baseball to see the first of its kind. The system, in which a hitter, pitcher, or catcher can challenge a called ball or strike ...

Feb 22, 2026; Fort Myers, Florida, USA; Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora (13) looks on from the dugout during the third inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at JetBlue Park at Fenway South. Mandatory ...

Alex Cora isn't naming names, but he has a plan. The Boston Red Sox, just like every other team in MLB, are adapting this season to the advent of the ABS challenge system that allows batters, catchers ...

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Richie Garcia is worried about the impact that robot umpires will have on their human counterparts. Major League Baseball introduced the Automated Ball-Strike System for regular-season play this ...

The new ABS system is requiring precise measurements of every player. That made 250 hitters suddenly shorten to their true heights. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; iStock He wasn’t 6 ...

Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg said in a letter to Pentagon leaders that Palantir’s (PLTR) Maven AI system will become an official program of record, Reuters reported. In the March 9 ...

BALTIMORE - We may have found a flaw in the Rangers’ new team-first approach to hitting. They are too polite. Nobody, it seems, wants to be the guy to waste an ABS challenge that could be saved for ...