Remember when the broadcast strike zone boxes were horrible?

Major League Baseball is making a key change to umpiring this season, which will allow batters and pitchers to be able to challenge balls and strikes. It’s a technology-aided innovation many have been ...

Major League Baseball broadcasts no longer will use the strike zone box to indicate where the pitch was a ball or a strike, a move that coincides with the league's implementation of the automated ball ...

When you turn on a Major League Baseball broadcast, including incredible games all season long on NBC and Peacock, you expect to see certain things when it comes to graphics. You'll see a scoreboard, ...

The 2026 season will mark another new innovation in the MLB with the introduction of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system. Each team will start a game with two chances to challenge any ...

Major League Baseball is being extra cautious with the new Automated Ball Strike Challenge System going into effect this season. The Chicago Sun-Times reported last week that MLB broadcasts will not ...

Wondering exactly how baseball's "ABS challenge" system works? You've come to the right place.