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MLB's First ABS Season: 54% Overturn Rate, Reds Lead, Dodgers Lag
sports6 days ago

MLB's First ABS Season: 54% Overturn Rate, Reds Lead, Dodgers Lag

The 2026 MLB season marked the debut of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system, resulting in a 54% overturn rate across 10,557 total appeals. While fielders succeeded 58% of the time, hitters managed only 49%. The Cincinnati Reds led the league in net run gains, whereas the Cleveland Guardians finished last. Notably, eight of the twelve playoff teams recorded negative net runs, including the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees.

via AP News|
#2026#abs#baseball
Tom Cruise Flaunts Abs on GQ Cover at 64
entertainment24 days ago

Tom Cruise Flaunts Abs on GQ Cover at 64

Tom Cruise, 64, stars on GQ’s cover in a casual Levi’s ensemble with an open shirt that flaunts his abs. The profile, shot by Mario Sorrenti, highlights Cruise’s ongoing career, teases his upcoming film Digger in which he plays a southern oil tycoon, and emphasizes his forward-looking mindset rather than dwelling on the past.

via Page Six|
#abs#digger#entertainment
Elliot Page debuts boxer’s physique after embracing boxing training
entertainment3 months ago

Elliot Page debuts boxer’s physique after embracing boxing training

Elliot Page posted shirtless photos and clips with his boxing coach Nolan Hanson, showing off a ripped physique after saying he’s become hooked on boxing. The 39-year-old actor praised Hanson as a brilliant teacher and noted that boxing has become an essential part of his life, even training while traveling with virtual workout tools like Quest VR.

via Page Six|
#abs#boxing#boxing-coach-nolan-hanson
MLB Games Grow Longer as Clock Rules and Tactics Take Hold
sports5 months ago

MLB Games Grow Longer as Clock Rules and Tactics Take Hold

MLB nine-inning games are about six minutes longer this season (2:43 vs 2:37) due to a mix of factors. ABS challenges add roughly 63 seconds per game, but most of the increase comes from more pitches per game, more batter timeouts, and teams using dugout pitch calls, plus pitchers leveraging the timer to disrupt hitters. The trend reflects a combination of strategic adjustments and the evolving timing rules, not a single culprit.

via Sports Illustrated|
#abs#baseball#mlb
ABS Arrives: Subtler Framing and a Shifting MLB Challenge Game
sports5 months ago

ABS Arrives: Subtler Framing and a Shifting MLB Challenge Game

Automated balls and strikes (ABS) are already reshaping MLB. Catchers must frame pitches more subtly, reducing big glove moves and influencing when to challenge, which is changing how calls are made and challenged. Early data point to quieter dugouts, greater game-situation awareness, and a growing emphasis on strike-zone discipline, with walks and strikeouts climbing. A new, informal stat idea—“Terminators”—highlights catcher-driven strikeouts from challenges, led by Ryan Jeffers, while the piece also surveys other early ABS effects and related player and pitching notes. These are early trends and will evolve as the season progresses.

via Sports Illustrated|
#abs#baseball-analytics#mlb
MLB’s AI Umpire Debut Sparks Real-Time Strike Challenges
sports6 months ago

MLB’s AI Umpire Debut Sparks Real-Time Strike Challenges

MLB’s 2026 season introduces an Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system that lets players challenge balls and strikes with a hat tap, triggering an AI-powered robo-judge to instantly display the strike zone and overturn the call; teams can retry if they win, but a failed review ends their challenges for the game, creating dramatic, crowd-pleasing moments as umpires are overturned in real time. The system is new and likely to be tweaked as it rolls out.

via Kotaku|
#abs#ai#baseball
MLB's ABS Debut: Week-One Umpire Overturn Rates Lead the Way
sports6 months ago

MLB's ABS Debut: Week-One Umpire Overturn Rates Lead the Way

Five days into the 2026 MLB season, the Automated Ball-Strike system has produced notable overturn rates among umpires led by Chad Whitson (7/7). Other high-percentage umpires include C.B. Bucknor (6/8), Chris Segal (7/10), Tripp Gibson (4/6) and Carlos Torres (4/7). Catchers dominated success on challenges, with Salvador Perez (4/4), J.T. Realmuto, and Austin Wells winning all theirs; Acuña Jr. and William Contreras each failed two challenges. The Royals and Diamondbacks benefited from overturned calls, while the Astros and Cardinals struggled, signaling early adjustments as ABS unfolds.

via Bleacher Report|
#abs#baseball#mlb
sports6 months ago

Robot Umpires and Rookie Breakouts Kick Off MLB Opening Weekend

MLB’s Opening Weekend showcased a new era with Automatic Balls and Strikes calls driving overturned calls and strategic challenges, while contenders like the Dodgers and Yankees looked strong and the Blue Jays posted a record-setting start on the mound. A wave of top prospects—DeLauter, Wetherholt, Murakami, McGonigle—made big MLB debuts, helped by Dylan Cease’s sharp outing for Toronto as the rotation dominated early. Not all teams found instant success, with Seattle and Philadelphia facing rough starts.

via FOX Sports|
#abs#mlb#opening-weekend
Opening Series Setback Sparks Quick Cubs Bullets and Early-Season Signals
sports6 months ago

Opening Series Setback Sparks Quick Cubs Bullets and Early-Season Signals

Bleacher Nation’s Cubs bullets recap a three-game Opening Series loss as disappointing but not determinative, compiling quick takes on Shota Imanaga’s debut, Alex Bregman’s early power, Ian Happ’s homers, bullpen/ABS chatter, and other Cubs notes while urging readers not to read too much into an early-season sample and to focus on the next series for clearer signals.

via Bleacher Nation|
#abs#bullets#cubs
ABS controversy in Cincinnati: Bucknor’s six overturned calls in chaotic Reds-Sox game
sports6 months ago

ABS controversy in Cincinnati: Bucknor’s six overturned calls in chaotic Reds-Sox game

Umpire CB Bucknor’s day at Great American Ball Park drew attention as MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike System overturned six of eight challenged calls in Cincinnati, including two back-to-back strikes against Red Sox rookie Ryan Watson after Eugenio Suarez’s challenges. Bucknor also ejected Boston manager Alex Cora following a heated, non-reviewable check-swing call by Trevor Story, during a game the Reds won 6-5 in 11 innings after Dane Myers’ walk-off. Boston had tied it in the ninth on Wilyer Abreu’s homer. The affair underscored the ongoing debate over ABS and umpiring in baseball.

via New York Post|
#abs#mlb#news
Perez Teases Ump as ABS Era Sparks Strike-Calling Debate
sports6 months ago

Perez Teases Ump as ABS Era Sparks Strike-Calling Debate

Royals catcher Salvador Perez’s taunt of home-plate umpire Doug Eddings after a sequence of borderline calls in the Royals-Braves game spotlights baseball’s push toward automated strike zones (ABS). The piece argues that while technology can correct calls and bring consistency, hitters still must adapt, and the so‑called Age of ABS raises questions about accountability and the future of balls and strikes in MLB.

via OutKick|
#abs#baseball#mlb
Opening Day Debuts MLB's Automated Strike Zone
sports6 months ago

Opening Day Debuts MLB's Automated Strike Zone

Opening Day introduces MLB's Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenges, where players can challenge balls and strikes using per-player strike zones measured for each batter; each team starts with two challenges and gains new ones in extras, with successful challenges retaining the option and failures costing one. Cubs and White Sox kickoff the rollout Thursday, with other games streaming on NBC Chicago.

via NBC 5 Chicago|
#abs#automated-strike-zone#baseball
Netflix's MLB Debut Falls Short as ABS Moment Goes Missing
sports6 months ago

Netflix's MLB Debut Falls Short as ABS Moment Goes Missing

Netflix’s first MLB broadcast faced a rough premiere: during MLB’s first-ever ABS ball/strike challenge, Netflix aired an interview and never switched to the scoreboard, leaving viewers without the crucial review. Critics blasted the production for missed cues, limited graphics, and poor on-air handling, though Lauren Shehadi was praised, and the piece notes the need for Netflix to fix the kinks before the Home Run Derby.

via OutKick|
#abs#broadcast#mlb