Commissioner Rob Manfred said recently the league plans to implement the system in 2026, perhaps sooner than expected.

The New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed how to confidently use the still-in-trial Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) in a spring training game against the Boston Red Sox last week – so ...

Otherwise, I felt very positive about the challenge system.” The Sox are getting a close look this spring at the ABS, which allows players to challenge an umpire’s ball-strike calls.