Challenge System rumors, news

Challenge System news, rumors

  • • Carson Kelly Is ABS Monster, Showing Advanced Feel for Challenges
    This is the third of four pieces on MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, I think. The next will look at how the stat is affecting the game overall, with an eye toward what Nico Hoerner was saying in the first installment about how ABS opens the road for more influence by robot umps. ABS was … The post Carson Kelly Is ABS Monster, Showing Advanced Feel for Challenges appeared f...2026
  • • ABS Dashboard Shows Direct Impact of Challenges on Outcomes
    The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System almost figured big-time in Sunday’s game. The concept was ably used by Diamondbacks batter Jorge Barrosa in the 7th inning of the game, turning a strikeout into a walk. That didn’t figure in their scoring, as Ketel Marte was kind enough to strike out on three pitches to end … The post ABS Dashboard Shows Direct Impact of Challenge...2026
  • • Baty's bases-loaded walk goes to inning-ending K
    Done in by a robot reversal, Brett Baty of the Mets became the first batter to have a bases-loaded walk changed to an inning-ending called third strike by Major League Baseball's new challenge system....2026
  • • EFL clubs reject introducing VAR challenge system
    English Football League (EFL) said Tuesday that clubs have rejected the chance to use a video assistant referee challenge system in the Championship next season....2026
  • The Rockies’ mixed ABS challenge results
    • The Rockies’ mixed ABS challenge results
    After having spent years experimenting in limited capacities and controlled environments, MLB officially rolled out the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System for the 2026 season. The allure of analyzing the entirely new type of data that ABS challenges present has been hard to resist. To be able to draw any useful conclusions, though, we all collectively […]...2026
  • Paul Skenes shares honest thoughts on MLB's new ABS challenge system
    • Paul Skenes shares honest thoughts on MLB's new ABS challenge system
    The star pitcher shared his thoughts on this on the addition of ABS....2026
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Challenge System injury and suspension

  • Braves News: Daysbel Hernandez, rock bottom on offense, more
    • Braves News: Daysbel Hernandez, rock bottom on offense, more
    Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Well the Braves lost yet another game in which the pitching did it’s job and the offense completely failed to do its part. I am generally not a “fire the coach” guy, but I think the Braves should fire Tim Hyers, their new hitting coach they brought in this offseason. It wasn’t insane to try som...2025
  • Royals Rumblings - News for November 5, 20242
    • Royals Rumblings - News for November 5, 20242
    Get out and vote! Anne Rogers covers the press conference announcing the Michael Wacha deal. “Not only does it bring our starting rotation back that we’re really proud of – really, our success began with starting pitching – but it brings us clarity,” Picollo said. “There’s not a whole lot for us to worry about from a pitching perspective right now. We can move onto other things that we feel like ...2024
  • Rays Tank: Fernando Valenzuela dies; Tropicana Field analysis due in November
    • Rays Tank: Fernando Valenzuela dies; Tropicana Field analysis due in November
    Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images Manfred wants to keep the Rays in Tampa Bay while the Trop is unplayable. Good luck! Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela has passed away. We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela.“Fernandomania” swept through baseball in 1981 when the 20-year old rookie sensation began the season 8-0 with a 0.50 ERA. The ...2024
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  • Guardians 9, Cubs 8: Frustrating
    • Guardians 9, Cubs 8: Frustrating
    Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Just... not... quite... enough. The Cubs don’t really have any margin for error as they seek a wild-card berth in the season’s home stretch. And, unfortunately, it was a fielding error that helped lead to the team’s 9-8 loss to the Guardians in the series opener in Cleveland. Oh, yes, and an egregiously bad umpiring call that might have changed the course...2024
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for May 15, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for May 15, 2024
    Nelson Velázquez hit his first home run since April 4 last night, which was a stretch of 109 PAs without visiting scenic dongtown. Old friend mentions: the Rays signed reliever Tyler Zuber and he’ll report to Triple-A Durham. The Cubs designated Richard Lovelady for assignment. The White Sox are moving Brad Keller from the bullpen into the rotation. Jorge Soler was trying to return to batting prac...2024
  • MLB had two more ridiculous rain delays over the weekend
    • MLB had two more ridiculous rain delays over the weekend
    Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images Is there no one at MLB HQ with any common sense? I’ve written here previously about MLB’s apparent insistence, in recent years, to play every single game as scheduled, completing nine innings, rarely postponing or suspending games even when common sense would indicate doing those sorts of things. Two ridiculously long rain delays happened this past weekend, ...2024
  • Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2024
    Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Salvy is A-OK! Salvy will avoid the Injured List, writes Anne Rogers. Indeed, Perez’s MRI scan taken Monday in Chicago “was the best result we could have hoped for,” Quatraro said. Imaging showed a mild left groin strain that is not expected to require an injured list stint. Catcher Logan Porter traveled to Chicago on Monday to be a one-man taxi squad...2024
  • Fried falters, Chavez is a mensch, and bats remain indomitable in 12-4 win over Phillies
    • Fried falters, Chavez is a mensch, and bats remain indomitable in 12-4 win over Phillies
    Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Max Fried had his worst outing ever, assisted by an egregiously bad umpiring call, but the Braves cruised to a blowout anyway thanks to the bats, the gloves, and the bullpen In the preview for this game, I noted that Max Fried and Aaron Nola were: (1) pretty similar to one another in many respects; and, more importantly, (2) really good. So, of course, in...2024
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  • After Further Review: Denver Broncos Officiating at Midseason
    • After Further Review: Denver Broncos Officiating at Midseason
    Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports A midseason review of Denver Bronco penalty tendencies. The Denver Broncos hit their bye right near the midpoint of the season, so now is a great time to check in on how they and their opponents are doing with rules compliance. Many stats below come from or were cross-referenced from nflpenalties.com The Big Picture Is Flag-Happy The Broncos have been pe...2023
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  • 10 takeaways from Rams disappointing loss to Steelers
    • 10 takeaways from Rams disappointing loss to Steelers
    Photo by Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Self-inflicted errors doom Rams against Steelers in loss The Los Angeles Rams fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-17, in Week 7. It was arguably the most disappointing loss for the Rams to date this year. The Cincinnati Bengals game was more about play-calling. The Rams had this game in their grasp and let it slip away due to self-in...2023
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Challenge System lifestyle

  • Royals Rumblings - News for October 29, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for October 29, 2024
    Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Congrats to Salvy! Anne Rogers talks to Salvador Perez about winning the Roberto Clement Award. Winning the Roberto Clemente Award means more than all of those accolades, except maybe the World Series, Perez said. “It means a lot to me,” he said. “I’ve read a lot about Roberto Clemente. I know he was an amazing player, but he was even better outside the fiel...2024
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  • Guardians 6, Cubs 1: Swept outta Cleveland
    • Guardians 6, Cubs 1: Swept outta Cleveland
    Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images This was not the result the Cubs wanted at Progressive Field. In a week where the Cubs had hoped to show they belonged in the NL wild card race, instead they blew a lead and tried to come back in one game, and then the offense disappeared for the rest of the series. The 6-1 loss Wednesday, resulting in a sweep by the Guardians, was thus a microcosm of the...2024
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for July 12, 2023
    We have achieved Wednesday! Rockies catcher Elias Díaz hit a late-game homer to give the National League their first All-Star Game win since 2012, when it was in Kansas City. Rob Manfred talked to reporters about a variety of topics (more in ESPN links below), including bringing the ABS challenge system from the minors to the majors someday: Manfred also addressed a few other big-picture items. R...2023
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Timeline

  • 2026
    "MLB has announced it will begin using the ABS Challenge System in the 2026 season."

  • 2025
    "MLB to utilize ABS challenge system during ASG"

  • 2024
    "Cubs 14, Marlins 2: Seiya Suzuki’s big day helps the Cubs back to .500"

  • 2023
    "Diamondbacks 6, Cubs 4: Two bad pitches by Justin Steele"

  • 2022
    "We are getting closer to an automated ball-strike system in MLB"

  • 2019
    "Competition committee chair Rich McKay admits to ‘angst’ from pass interference review"

  • 2018
    "Sources: NBA to test coach's replay challenge"

  • 2017
    "NBA’s competition committee to review replay situations like in Bucks win"

  • 2016
    "Coach's challenge on docket for NHL general managers meeting"

  • 2015
    "NHL Competition Committee Recommends Coach’s Challenge, Other Changes"

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Challenge System trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • Effectively Wild Episode 2459: Pump the ABS Brakes
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2459: Pump the ABS Brakes
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Trout’s hot start, Dub Gleed’s (nick)name, the challenge system as a mainstream sensation, several tactical considerations, listener emails, premature conclusions, and pedantic points after a weekend’s worth of ABS action, Munetaka Murakami’s early slugging, a Brewers call-up and extension, NBC’s broadcast crews, and more...2026
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  • Effectively Wild Episode 2457: The 2026 Team Fun Draft
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2457: The 2026 Team Fun Draft
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the number of Opening Days/Nights at the start of the regular-season schedule and how long they think the challenge system will last, review some of their favorite offseason transactions, and do their annual draft of all 30 MLB teams in order of how fun they’ll be to follow […]...2026
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  • Washington Nationals first inning offers a glimpse of new ABS challenge system
    • Washington Nationals first inning offers a glimpse of new ABS challenge system
    If you watched the first inning of last night’s Spring Training game between the Astros and Nationals, you got to see the future of baseball on display. The ABS challenge system was put into overdrive, as three CB Bucknor calls were overturned in just the first inning. It was a quick and easy system that […]...2026
  • Outside The Confines: Swing, swing, swing
    • Outside The Confines: Swing, swing, swing
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The All-Star Game ended in a “swing-off.” Big Dumper won the Home Run Derby. The Rays are sold, the draft is over and other news items from All-Star Week. Good morning. The National League beat the American League at the All-Star Game 6-6 after a “swing-off,” a mini home run derby where the game’s MVP Kyle Schwarber hit three home runs. Matt Snyder wri...2025
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  • The Royals according to Ted Williams
    • The Royals according to Ted Williams
    The Science of hitting With the Royals hitting woes causing considerable gnashing to teeth in Royals Nation, I figured it was a good time to check in with Teddy Ballgame and get some advice. Not literally of course, since the Greatest Hitter who ever lived has been gone for 23 years. His body is gone. His head, unfortunately, is resting in some Arizona cryogenic facility, hoping that someday techn...2025
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  • Rob Manfred says MLB will propose a ball-strike challenge system for 2026
    • Rob Manfred says MLB will propose a ball-strike challenge system for 2026
    Major League Baseball Finally, a way to overturn the worst of the worst calls. We’ve talked about the topic of a ball-and-strike challenge system here many times. It’s being used in the minor leagues this year, has been tested over quite a few seasons in various minor leagues, and was used in about 60 percent of Spring Training games this year. Now, per Evan Drellich at The Athletic, MLB C...2025
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  • Rob Manfred talks about torpedo bats, the ABS challenge system and more
    • Rob Manfred talks about torpedo bats, the ABS challenge system and more
    Al Yellon The Commissioner gave a wide-ranging interview over the weekend. Over the weekend, Commissioner Rob Manfred gave a long interview to the New York Times, which you can read in its entirety here (article unlocked). I know it’s sport around baseball to mock and make fun of Manfred, but he did give some candid answers to questions surrounding the sport, and it’s useful for us to take...2025
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  • Cubs 12, Dodgers 4: Welcome to our robo-ump overlords
    • Cubs 12, Dodgers 4: Welcome to our robo-ump overlords
    Major League Baseball MLB’s ABS challenge system test was used for the first time. The Cubs — or, more accurately, a bunch of miscellaneous guys wearing Cubs uniforms — defeated the Dodgers in the 2025 Spring Training opener 12-4 Thursday afternoon in Glendale, Arizona. That wasn’t the most important story of the game, as you surely know that Spring Training wins and losses are pretty well...2025
  • Rob Manfred talks media rights, competitive balance and a possible Cubs All-Star Game
    • Rob Manfred talks media rights, competitive balance and a possible Cubs All-Star Game
    Al Yellon The Commissioner met with reporters on the annual Cactus League Media Day. PHOENIX, Arizona — It’s a rite of spring just as much as pitcher/catcher report day or the first Spring Training game. That’s the annual appearance of Commissioner Rob Manfred at a conference room at the Arizona Biltmore hotel to meet with the media. I’m glad to have been able to attend this presser so I c...2025
  • 5 things I’d change about baseball
    • 5 things I’d change about baseball
    MLB Network Here’s what I’d do if I were Commissioner, with the power to make changes to the game. Five years ago, I wrote an article on this very topic, listing five things I thought baseball should change. Well, guess what? I didn’t do too badly. Two of the things I mentioned (universal DH, pitch clock) have been instituted and are working well. A third (the Rays and A’s moving) is... w...2025
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Challenge System stats and results

  • • The Rockies’ mixed ABS challenge results
    2026
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2459: Pump the ABS Brakes
    2026
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  • The 2025 MLB All-Star Game ended in a home run swing-off
    • The 2025 MLB All-Star Game ended in a home run swing-off
    Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Did you like it? The rule about the All-Star Game ending in a home run swing-off if tied after nine innings was instituted as part of many changes in the latest CBA. I even wrote about it when it happened in March 2022 and in a poll attached to that article about 85 percent of you voted either “love it” or “don’t care either way.” So do you...2025
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  • MLB will be using the ball/strike challenge system in the All-Star Game
    • MLB will be using the ball/strike challenge system in the All-Star Game
    Major League Baseball This is good news. Many of us have been clamoring for the ball/strike challenge system, currently in use in some minor leagues, to be adopted for MLB games. And the league has strongly hinted it will be in effect next year. Now, per Jesse Rogers at ESPN.com, the system will be used in next week’s All-Star Game: MLB officials added the feature to the annual exhibitio...2025
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  • • The Royals according to Ted Williams
    2025
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  • Cardinals 8, Cubs 7: This space intentionally left blank
    • Cardinals 8, Cubs 7: This space intentionally left blank
    Jeff Curry-Imagn Images That was ugly, but a different kind of ugly from Monday’s ugly. The Cubs gave up eight runs to the Cardinals. Again. About that, from BCB’s JohnW53: This is the sixth straight game in which the Cubs have allowed at least seven runs, tying for their longest streak of the Modern Era. They set the record in their first six games of the era, in 1901. This is the fifth t...2025
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  • Brewers 8, Cubs 7: This team really doesn’t quit... ever
    • Brewers 8, Cubs 7: This team really doesn’t quit... ever
    Photo by George Gaza/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs fell way behind, staged a comeback, but fell short. This was not the sort of game the Cubs have played in recent weeks. Jameson Taillon was off his game Thursday, lasting only four innings and allowing three home runs. Génesis Cabrera had a rough relief appearance, serving up a three-run homer that put the Cubs behind 8-3 in the fif...2025
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  • • Rob Manfred talks about torpedo bats, the ABS challenge system and more
    2025
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  • It’s time to bring the Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System to MLB
    • It’s time to bring the Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System to MLB
    Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, April 1, 2025 If you’re like me, you appreciated the opportunity in spring training to was the Automatic Ball-Strike System (ABS) in action. It was an initiative Major League Baseball, always on a quest to improve the game, brought to MLB in giving the system a test drive. In case you’re interested in specific...2025
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  • Cubs 10, Diamondbacks 6: Miguel Amaya drives in five
    • Cubs 10, Diamondbacks 6: Miguel Amaya drives in five
    Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs began the North American portion of the 2025 schedule with an offensive outburst. Here’s yet another example of why Spring Training results mean nothing. The Cubs returned from Japan — where their bats were pretty silent — and played five games at Sloan Park, in which they were outscored 35-13, and lost four of the five. Two days later, the Cubs sma...2025
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Challenge System parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • Aaron Boone gets candid on how Yankees should approach new ABS challenge system
    • Aaron Boone gets candid on how Yankees should approach new ABS challenge system
    Aaron Boone has already prepared himself for the moment....2026
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  • • Outside The Confines: Swing, swing, swing
    2025
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  • Royals home Spring Training games to feature strike zone challenge system tests
    • Royals home Spring Training games to feature strike zone challenge system tests
    Home plate umpire Tony Randazzo #11 utilizes an automated ball-strike challenge system, or ABS, during the game between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch on Thursday, February 20, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona | Photo by Michael Owens/MLB Photos via Getty Images What it is, how it works, why it is the way it is, and what comes next For the past few seasons minor l...2025
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  • • Cubs 12, Dodgers 4: Welcome to our robo-ump overlords
    2025
    Read about Spring Training
  • • Rob Manfred talks media rights, competitive balance and a possible Cubs All-Star Game
    2025
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  • The Cubs will have the fewest games with the ball and strike challenge system this spring
    • The Cubs will have the fewest games with the ball and strike challenge system this spring
    Plate umpire Nelson Fraley wears an earpiece that gets signals from a radar that call the ball and strikes during a Tampa Tarpons vs. Bradenton Marauders game in 2022 | THOMAS BENDER/HERALD-TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK MLB has revealed some details on how this challenge system test will work. Last fall, MLB tested the ball-and-strike challenge system in the Arizona Fall League and announced...2025
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  • Outside The Confines: A very merry OTC
    • Outside The Confines: A very merry OTC
    Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images Merry Christmas, everyone! Happy Holidays, dear BCB readers! If you celebrate Christmas, I hope today brings you lots of joy and a delightfully filling dinner. If you’re not a Christmas person, I hope your Wednesday is still lovely and fulfilling. News will be light, but I would never leave your OTC stockings empty! Let’s dive into your mid-wee...2024
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  • Napheesa Collier still feels “egregious” call robbed Lynx in WNBA Finals
    • Napheesa Collier still feels “egregious” call robbed Lynx in WNBA Finals
    Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images The Minnesota Lynx superstar sounded off on the referee decisions that she believes cost her team a WNBA championship. It’s been just over two weeks since the conclusion of the WNBA Finals, a back-and-forth series between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx in which a couple of controversial late-game calls ultimately helped determine t...2024
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for October 31, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for October 31, 2024
    Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Boo! Bobby Witt Jr. sent out wedding invitations in the form of baseball cards: Bobby is a true 1/1. He sent his teammates their wedding invitations on baseball cards (via @mjmelendez, @pullwax) pic.twitter.com/HMY69ZQ56g— Topps (@Topps) October 30, 2024 Carter Jensen doesn’t feel added pressure from his KC roots: “It’s not as much...2024
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for October 29, 2024
    2024
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Top Challenge System news

  • • Coach's challenge on docket for NHL general managers meeting
    At their annual March meeting this week in Boca Raton, Florida, NHL general managers will debate changes to the coach's challenge system that has gotten some calls right but caused plenty of problems in its first season. The coach's challenge......2016
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  • • Bruce Arians Comments on How to Fix NFL's Catch Rule
    2016
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  • • We are getting closer to an automated ball-strike system in MLB
    David Richard-USA TODAY Sports There will be extensive use of such a system in Triple-A in 2023. Many people have been clamoring for an automated ball-strike system in Major League Baseball (the so-called “robot ump”) and things have been edging in that direction. An ABS has been tested in some of the lower levels of the minor leagues and in the independent/MLB partner Atlantic League over...2022
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  • • MLB to utilize ABS challenge system during ASG
    Major League Baseball will use the automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system during next week's All-Star Game in Atlanta, the league announced on Wednesday....2025
  • • MLB To Propose Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System For 2026
    The challenge system for calling balls and strikes seems to be less than a year away. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred tells Evan Drellich of The Athletic that the league will propose that change, to go into effect in the 2026 regular season, to the Competition Committee. While the term “propose” may sound uncertain, MLB essentially…...2025
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  • Diamondbacks 6, Cubs 4: Two bad pitches by Justin Steele
    • Diamondbacks 6, Cubs 4: Two bad pitches by Justin Steele
    Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs lefthander threw pretty well... except for those two... bad... pitches. In the bottom of the first inning Friday night at Chase Field, Justin Steele appeared to be just about ready to get out of the inning. He’d allowed a leadoff single, then retired the next two batters, one on a sacrifice bunt. That entire sequence took just five pitches. Then, sudd...2023
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  • Pirates 8, Cubs 6: Wake me up when September ends
    • Pirates 8, Cubs 6: Wake me up when September ends
    Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The Cubs’ nightmare month continues. There is an alternate universe somewhere, where Dansby Swanson’s two-run homer in the ninth inning Thursday evening at Wrigley Field was a joyous walkoff blast, and celebrations were heard long into the night. Unfortunately, because the real-life Cubs played some of the sketchiest defense we have seen at the real Wrigle...2023
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  • Mets 11, Cubs 2: What is wrong with Drew Smyly?
    • Mets 11, Cubs 2: What is wrong with Drew Smyly?
    Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The road trip began on a sour note. Look at it this way. The Cubs weren’t likely to sweep this series in New York, and looking at the pitching matchups, Monday’s between Drew Smyly (who’s had a rough time lately) and Kodai Senga (who’s been very good recently) seemed the likely one the Cubs would lose. The game went true to form, then, as Smyly got pound...2023
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Challenge System schedule, game

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2457: The 2026 Team Fun Draft
    2026
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  • MLB brings ABS to regular season: Everything to know about the automated ball/strike challenge system
    • MLB brings ABS to regular season: Everything to know about the automated ball/strike challenge system
    Plus, how successful were challenges during spring training?...2026
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2454: Be All You Can WBC
    Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs contributor Kiri Oler wrap up the World Baseball Classic, covering Venezuela’s triumph, Team USA’s slump and vibes, and the overall success of the tournament, plus thoughts on Mark DeRosa’s managing and Team USA’s future, the semifinal matchups, the bad calls against the Dominican Republic, the challenge system and pitches […]...2026
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  • Dodgers struggling with new ABS challenge system during spring training
    • Dodgers struggling with new ABS challenge system during spring training
    Finally, the Dodgers have found something they don’t excel at....2026
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2447: 1-2-3, WBC
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about corporate naming rights of spring training ballparks vs. MLB parks, and potential unwritten rules surrounding the challenge system, then (47:03) preview the World Baseball Classic with MLB.com’s Michael Clair, touching on the big and unsung stories of the WBC, whether the interest level will increase again, how often […]...2026
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  • MLB robot umpires are here to stay: Everything to know about ABS challenge system
    • MLB robot umpires are here to stay: Everything to know about ABS challenge system
    The ABS system is back in spring training and will be used during the MLB regular season for the first time...2026
  • • Outside The Confines: Swing, swing, swing
    2025
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  • • MLB will be using the ball/strike challenge system in the All-Star Game
    2025
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  • 2025 MLB All-Star Game will use automated ball-strike system in latest ABS experiment, per report
    • 2025 MLB All-Star Game will use automated ball-strike system in latest ABS experiment, per report
    The challenge system was used during spring training earlier this year...2025
  • • Rob Manfred says MLB will propose a ball-strike challenge system for 2026
    2025
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Challenge System rumors, scandals

  • • Rob Manfred talks about torpedo bats, the ABS challenge system and more
    2025
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  • Alcaraz feels the buzz as bees take over at Indian Wells
    • Alcaraz feels the buzz as bees take over at Indian Wells
    Faizal Khamisa takes you through today’s edition of The Central Sixty, including pitchers testing the challenge system for strikes in MLB, Jalen Green showing the ultimate disrespect and bees taking over at the Indian Wells tournament....2024
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  • • Ball-and-strike challenges could be coming to MLB in 2023
    David Richard-USA TODAY Sports There’s more testing going on in the Arizona Fall League. Back in September, I wrote this article here about a ball-and-strike challenge system that was being tested in some minor leagues. Now, MLB is continuing testing this system in the Arizona Fall League. Per this article by Zach Buchanan in The Athletic, and to refresh your memory from my September artic...2022
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