Using Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System will allow MLB players to contest ...

At long last, player protest with ball or strike calls can be handled with something other than ineffectual arguing.

The MLB announced that it is removing the strike zone box from its live video broadcasts of games. The 2026 season will mark another new innovation in the MLB with the introduction of the Automated ...

From 1969-87, the strike zone went from the batter's armpits to the top of the knees. This strike zone was implemented, along with the lowering of the mound from 15 inches to 10 inches, in response to ...

San Francisco Giants rookie Bryce Eldridge was logged at 6-foot-7 “and some change,” he said. That was the measurement for ...

Major League Baseball broadcasts no longer will use the strike zone box to indicate where the pitch was a ball or a strike, a move that coincides with the league's implementation of the automated ball ...

Major League Baseball is making a key change to umpiring this season, which will allow batters and pitchers to be able to challenge balls and strikes. It’s a technology-aided innovation many have been ...

The change to the strike zone box on MLB TV broadcasts has been implemented in conjunction with the automatic ball-strike challenge system. Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Fans at home will have a ...

The 2026 season will mark another new innovation in the MLB with the introduction of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system. Each team will start a game with two chances to challenge any ...