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MLB Keeps Automated Ball‑Strike Challenge System After Positive Midseason Review

Midseason data show about half of ABS challenges reverse calls, prompting the league to keep the system in place for ongoing monitoring and tweaks.

Ball Bounces Off Jo Adell’s Head for Rockies Home Run

MLB The Show Mobile Launches Worldwide on iOS and Android

MLB’s ABS Now Feeds Live Guidance to Umpires as Overturn Lists Grow

NCAA Approves ABS Challenge System for 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament

Jazz Chisholm’s ABS Challenge Backfires on Dead-Center Strike

ABS Challenges Are Flipping Calls and Forcing Fast Adjustments Across MLB

MLB To Pilot Check-Swing Challenges in Pacific Coast League Beginning May 5

MLB Extends Checked-Swing Challenge to Triple-A PCL With 45-Degree Standard

ABS Trials Show Half of Challenges Overturned as Teams Refine Strategy

Rangers Snap T-Mobile Park Skid With 11-Inning Win, Trail Series 2-1

MLB Debuts Ball-Strike Challenge System at All-Star Game