Major League Baseball

Judge wins first ABS challenge, then takes advantage with towering first HR

Aaron Judge may be among the most prominent beneficiaries of the new Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) system, given the frequency with which the Yankees’ captain has been rung up on called strikes over the ...

Netflix blew the first ABS call in MLB history — and that wasn’t the only problem

Those waiting for the first Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge Wednesday may have felt underwhelmed since it happened ...

How Did MLB’s First Week of ABS Challenge System Go?

Major League Baseball changed forever last week with the opening act of the Automated-Ball Strike challenge system. Now, for ...

There's a First Time for Everything: Tracking All of MLB's ABS Challenge Firsts

From the first-ever ABS challenge to the first ejection involving an ABS challenge, here are all of MLB's firsts involving ...

Twins manager tossed in wild scene as MLB has its first ABS-related ejection

Less than a week into the new MLB season and we have our first ABS-related ejection. Twins manager Derek Shelton was tossed in the ninth inning of Sunday’s 8-6 loss to the Orioles after he argued that ...
Yahoo! Sports

Tyler Stephenson wins Reds' first ABS challenge Opening Day vs Red Sox

The Cincinnati Reds' first-ever ABS (Automated Ball-Strike) challenge came on a pitch to catcher Tyler Stephenson in the bottom of the seventh inning of the Reds' Opening Day loss March 26 against the ...
Yardbarker

Yankees player fails on MLB’s first official ABS challenge

First blood has been drawn by … the umpires with MLB’s new automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system. The New York Yankees and the San Francisco Giants officially kicked off the 2026 MLB season ...
The New York Times

Our first ABS walk-off! More poor CB Bucknor

The first ABS walk-off call came in an 8-3 Orioles win over the Rangers. Greg Fiume / Getty Images The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup ...