MLB's Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) is here. Learn more about the history of baseball's strike zone and the evolution of ABS.

Welcome to Snyder's Soapbox! Here, I pontificate about matters related to Major League Baseball on a weekly basis. Some of the topics will be pressing matters, some might seem insignificant in the ...

One month is not enough to conclude much in fantasy baseball, but we know the strike zone is smaller by about 11 percent on ...

While MLB teams are limited to challenging two pitch calls per nine-inning game, the introduction of Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) reviews will change how fans follow every at-bat this season, albeit in ...

PEORIA, Ariz. — Major League Baseball first defined a strike zone in the late 1880s, when the game shifted away from a batter’s ability to call for a “high,” “low” or “fair” pitch at the start of a ...

Royals catcher Salvador Perez overturned three called balls using ABS challenges. Players tap hat/helmet within ~2 seconds; only batter, pitcher or catcher may challenge. ABS uses Hawk‑Eye cameras and ...

The MLB announced that it is removing the strike zone box from its live video broadcasts of games. The 2026 season will mark another new innovation in the MLB with the introduction of the Automated ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Gausman got 709 called strikes over the past decade on pitches out of the strike zone, tied for the third highest total in the major leagues. “I would have thought maybe I ...

The introduction of Major League Baseball’s automated balls and strikes challenge system was expected to change the sport in 2026. For the entire history of the game, players and managers had ...