How the Detroit Tigers Have Exploited the ABS Challenge System This Season

AJ Hinch and the Detroit Tigers have executed their ABS plan to perfection this season.
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Tigers fall in cold conditions for second straight night

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch laid out the challenge for his club long before first pitch Monday at Target Field. “I told the ...

The Tigers, Led by Catcher Dillon Dingler, Have Been Baseball's Best at ABS Challenges

Among umpires, Mike Estabrook had 11 of 12 calls overturned (91.7%), Andy Fletcher had 15 of 17 (88.2%), Ron Kulpa and Paul ...
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Tigers slugger regrets missed ABS challenge: 'I had a gut feeling and didn't trust it'

SAN DIEGO — Major League Baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system has added a new wrinkle to postgame second-guessing. While it takes some of the burden off umpires, it puts more ...

Tarik Skubal wins ABS challenge, leads Tigers in 6-1 win vs Blue Jays

Tarik Skubal didn't plan to use the ABS challenge system, but he did so in Saturday's 6-1 win against the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Tigers’ Dillon Dingler emerges as early standout in baseball’s new ABS era

DETROIT — Not long ago, few fans had ever heard of pitch framing — the art of making borderline balls look like strikes to ...
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A.J. Hinch sends message to Detroit Tigers about ABS challenge system

LAKELAND, FL – Ready or not, the automated ball-strike challenge system – ABS, for short – is coming to MLB in the 2026 season, with every team receiving two challenges per game. The Detroit Tigers ...