Teams are using different strategies to try to leverage the ABS system to their benefit. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images On the 265th pitch of their April 17 game, when the Baltimore Orioles needed some late ...

It has been only three weeks, but Major League Baseball’s ABS challenge system has ushered in a whole new genre of statistics in a sport that was already known for the treasure trove of numbers and ...

Three weeks into the season, baseball's new automated balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system has begun to fade into the background. You couldn't not notice it that first weekend. It was new and ...

Developers Evil Empire and Blobfish have announced Brotato downloadable content “Primal Dead.” It will launch this summer. Here is an overview of the downloadable content, via Evil Empire: The new ...

The new Primal Dread DLC is making its way to Brotato! Face the might of the jungle and its inhabitants: the mecha and mutant dinosaurs! Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a ...

Over the season's first three days, the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system has changed things drastically. Steph Chambers / Getty Images It took all of five days for Major League Baseball’s ...

With a new Major League Baseball season here, a major change will play a unique role in how the year progresses. Coming to the majors this season is the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, or ABS ...

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...

From the moment MLB began testing an automated strike zone in the minor leagues, its eventual arrival to regular season MLB games was an inevitability. And that time has finally arrived. After testing ...

Call them an extra set of eyes. With the start of Major League Baseball's regular season this week, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System makes its debut in all 30 ballparks. The system, ...

It’s nearly impossible to scroll social media without coming across some kind of buzzy health or fitness challenge. Many of them tend to be very rigid, like 75 Hard (where you do two workouts a day, ...

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 ...