MLB is expected to adopt the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) for the 2026 season, allowing players to challenge a select number of the home plate umpire's ball and strike calls.
We’ve got to make sure we’re the absolute best members of the American Conference as we can possibly be. Tim Pernetti, their commissioner, is as dynamic as it gets. ... We’re going to have trusted and transparent conversations. ... But he’s also not naïve, and he knows we have aspirations. But the reality is those aspirations will be based off the performance in the American. So we’re going to be a great member there.-- Univ. of South Florida CEO of Athletics Rob Higgins, on balancing the school's ambition to get into a Power 4 conference with its current status as a member of the American Conference.
