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April is a noisy month in fantasy baseball, full of hype, speculation, and opportunities to overreact. But the first full month of the season is now in the books, making it ideal for recapping 2026 fantasy baseball early-season lessons. A lot happened last month. The new ABS system is rewarding a ...
Winners of four in a row, the New York Yankees are looking to make it five straight. Defeating the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night would not only give the Yankees a series win over their hated rivals but also solidify their lead at the top of the AL East. New York captain Aaron Judge […] The post Yankees’ Aaron Boone has same Aaron Judge ABS frustrations that fans do appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Yankees hitters are misusing ABS challenges, turning a potential edge into a costly liability amid offensive struggles. The post Yankees’ ABS Strategy Becoming Costly Problem appeared first on Heavy Sports.
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Through the first week of the 2026 MLB season, fans are absolutely loving the new ABS challenge system. The automated balls and strikes system has not only given fans a new reason to cheer during games, but it has also exposed some of Major League Baseball’s worst umpires when it comes to calling balls and strikes. Just ask highly […] The post Giancarlo Stanton Challenge Reveals Massive Flaw In MLB’s New ABS System appeared first on BroBible.
Dan Bellino had his CB Bucknor moment during Monday’s game. The veteran MLB umpire Bellino was behind the plate on Monday for the Athletics-Atlanta Braves game at Truist Park in Atlanta, Ga. Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz was leading off the game in the top of the first inning and saw a low 0-2 offering … The post Umpire Dan Bellino got a call so wrong that it glitched the ABS system appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
With the ABS system making its debut this year, it’s time to glean some insights from the season's first three games. The post MLB ABS System Brings Insights After Opening Weekend appeared first on Heavy Sports.
The ABS system has been a treat for MLB fans. It’s given them what they’ve always wanted: the right call.
Before the automated ball-strike system came into play in real games that counted, the Yankees spent plenty of mornings this spring talking about it.
The new ball-strike challenge system was supposed to make umpire error a thing of the past. But it's no much for a master at the top of his game.
Major League Baseball's new-look "Opening Night" has come and gone. The Yankees throttled the Giants, 7-0. Aaron Judge struck out four times. Max Fried was unhittable. Tony Vitello probably misses Knoxville at the moment. You know, usual opening night stuff for MLB. The big story around Wednesday, though? Netflix. This was the streaming giant's foray into baseball, and buddy, it was a rocky little ride. Now, that's to be expected. There were always going to be bumps in the road, and there were several here. Elle Duncan was insufferable and didn't know what home plate was. Seems like a problem for an MLB pregame show. I'm not quite sure what the point of Jameis Winston was. The scorebug was for folks with 20/20 vision only, and even then, it was a stretch. The interview with Rob Manfred was pathetic. Lauren Shehadi was, frankly, the only good part of the broadcast because she's a pro, and she's a star for obvious reasons. Otherwise? It was tough. But all of that pales in comparison to what Netflix did – or, better yet, missed – in the fourth inning. For the first time in MLB history, ABS was used. Unfortunately, we'll never get to see it:Goodness gracious. What a miss by Netflix here. What an absolute swing and a miss. HOW does the producer not switch to the scoreboard here? There are a billion camera operators in this production, and you're telling me NONE of them were dialed in on the scoreboard?We've talked about this ABS system for years now. Years. We just spent all spring training watching clips of it. People bitched and moaned all throughout the World Baseball Classic because it wasn't in use. And then, on Opening Night, we finally get a challenge in the fourth inning. The first EVER ball/strike challenge in MLB history … and Netflix missed the entire thing because they were interviewing Tony Vitello in the dugout. Amazing. It's not like it all happened too quick, either. It didn't. The batter had to tap his helmet. The umpire had to call timeout. He had to announce it to the crowd (dumb). They all had to stare at the scoreboard and wait a few seconds. Netflix had plenty of time to switch over and, at the very least, show us the review. But they just … missed the entire thing! The whole sequence. Gone. Poof. Never happened. They never showed the actual pitch, or the actual ABS in use. They only briefly showed the batter and umpire staring at a screen that WE COULDN'T SEE! Oh well. What's done is done. We don't have to deal with Netflix again until the Home Run Derby. I assume they will have the kinks worked out by then. Thank God they've got four months, too, because they're gonna need all the time they can get.
MLB players like Gavin Lux and Alex Bregman are going viral for their official heights being far different than they were before the ABS system arrived.
The automated ball-strike challenge system is not officially part of Major League Baseball games yet. But the MLB ABS system strategy is already taking shape across the league.Not in rulebook form. In behavior.Clubs spent spring training testing the ABS challenge system ahead of its planned 2026 debut, and what’s emerged isn’t just feedback on technology. […] The post MLB’s New ABS System Is Already Changing Game Strategy appeared first on Heavy Sports.
One way or another, the Giants will be part of history Wednesday. They will either be on the right or wrong side of the first challenged ball-strike call in MLB history.
How did Gavin Lux lose three inches of height over a single winter? It’s not a medical mystery—it’s the new MLB reality.
