April 16, 2026: We updated this guide with the Season 3 Dark Ops challenges. What are the BO7 Dark Ops challenges? Dark Ops challenges are tough, hidden missions that only reveal themselves once ...

Baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge system has already won over fans. It delivers more accurate calls and adds an entertaining layer of strategy and umpire-versus-player theater. With ...

Over the season's first three days, the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system has changed things drastically. Steph Chambers / Getty Images It took all of five days for Major League Baseball’s ...

For generations, baseball has followed a simple rule. The umpire calls balls and strikes, and that call stands. That changes now. This season, Major League Baseball is introducing something that once ...

This “challenge” was the wurst. Citi Field tried to glom onto the viral “999 Challenge,” in which baseball fans gobble down nine hot dogs and nine beers in nine innings — but my attempt to devour the ...

With a new Major League Baseball season here, a major change will play a unique role in how the year progresses. Coming to the majors this season is the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, or ABS ...

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...

From the moment MLB began testing an automated strike zone in the minor leagues, its eventual arrival to regular season MLB games was an inevitability. And that time has finally arrived. After testing ...

Call them an extra set of eyes. With the start of Major League Baseball's regular season this week, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System makes its debut in all 30 ballparks. The system, ...

Detailed view of the scoreboard showing an ABS ball and strike challenge call being overturned to a strikeout during the Chicago White Sox against the Chicago Cubs during a spring training game at ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Major League Baseball is changing … again. Amid an era that has already seen significant alterations to the sport, most of which have been received favorably by fans and players ...

It’s hard to believe, but the 2026 season is almost here, with Opening Night looming on Wednesday. This season-opener promises to be historic: For the very first time in a regular-season game, players ...