At long last, player protest with ball or strike calls can be handled with something other than ineffectual arguing.
It has been only three weeks, but Major League Baseball’s ABS challenge system has ushered in a whole new genre of statistics ...
Major League Baseballimplemented the ABS challenge systemfor the 2026 season, which allows players to challenge a ball or strike call made by the plate umpire. Each team receives two challenges to ...
Overreaction runs rampant in fantasy baseball in early April. When a player hits 2 HR in a game, he is the next coming of Babe Ruth. A sparsely-known pitcher spins a beautiful outing and he has ...
Some teams are being aggressive. Others are holding back. ABS strategy is a work in progress. Ryan Sirius Sun / Getty Images One week into the ABS challenge system, the Boston Red Sox have a clearly ...
From the time in the 1800s when the relationship between pitcher and batter became adversarial, arguments about balls and ...
SURPRISE, Ariz. – Baseball embraces change with the same reluctance as the Rangers fan who showed up at Sunday's game in a Charlie Hough jersey. "Leave well enough alone" has been MLB's default mode ...
Right now, the Nationals have won the fewest number of challenges at just 8, and also have the lowest percentage. The Nats ...