The 2026 MLB season introduces three major rule changes for various parts of the game. Teams now have a system to contest balls and strikes with the new ABS Challenge System. Coaches must stay in ...

Major League Baseball’s 2026 season has brought sweeping rule changes, including the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, stricter base coach positioning, and a ban on intentional obstruction ...

SCOTTSDALE -- Major League Baseball finalized rules for the first year of the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system, which will debut on Opening Day this season. Among the latest tweaks, teams ...

Infield and outfield: The infield must be a square that is 90 feet on each side, and the outfield is the area between the two foul lines formed by extending two sides of said square (though the dirt ...

If New York Yankees ace Max Fried throws a clear strike to San Francisco Giants slugger Rafael Devers on Wednesday night, and it's instead ruled a ball, the days of needing to suck it up and suffering ...