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MLB’s ABS Challenge System Overturns 54% of Appeals as Umpires Bristle

Early results suggest real-time checks are reshaping behavior.

MLB’s Automated Strike-Zone Challenges Are Reshaping Games

C.B. Bucknor Leaves Brewers–Rays Game After Foul Tip to Mask

Red Sox Set Short-Term Outfield Plan Featuring Yoshida

MLB Launches Ball-Strike Challenge System After Spring’s Hot‑Mic and Denied Review

MLB’s ABS Rollout Shrinks Many Listed Player Heights After Strict Measurements

ABS Challenge Overturns Jen Pawol Call in Spring Game, Drawing Wide Ridicule

Giants’ Logan Webb Sharp in Final Tuneup, Joins Team USA With Early WBC Start Likely

ABS Trials Show Half of Challenges Overturned as Teams Refine Strategy

Bruce Froemming, Record-Setting MLB Umpire, Dies at 86 After Fall

ABS Era Arrives: Spring Games Show Flurry of Overturns as MLB Finalizes Player‑Specific Strike Zone

MLB Adds Broadcast Delays, Curbs Strike-Zone Graphics for ABS Rollout

MLB Finalizes ABS Challenge Rules for 2026 Season

MLB Suspends José Iglesias One Game, Fines Xander Bogaerts Over Postgame Umpire Confrontation

Braves’ Snitker, Olson Ejected Over Batter’s Interference Call in 3-1 Loss to Pirates

Aaron Boone Ejected Over Judge Strike Calls as Yankees Top Orioles 6-1

MLB Approves Automated Ball-Strike Challenges for 2026

Jeff McNeil Ejected After Arguing Called Third Strike in Mets–Rangers Game

MLB Tells Yankees McMahon Play Was a Catch as Umpiring Faces Fresh Scrutiny

Yankees Take Houston Series as Grisham’s 30th HR, Rodón’s 16th Win Pace 8–4 Finale