{"id":572558,"date":"2026-03-31T09:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/572558\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:04:35","slug":"2026-mlb-abs-challenge-system-tracker-team-player-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/572558\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 MLB ABS challenge system tracker: Team, player rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mar 31, 2026, 01:24 AM ET<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB<\/a> implemented the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48288278\/opening-day-2026-mlb-season-preview-automated-ball-strike-challenge-system-rule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABS challenge system<\/a> in the 2026 season, which allows batters, pitchers and catchers to challenge a ball or strike call made by the plate umpire. Each team receives two challenges per game, and only batters, pitchers and catchers can challenge a call. If a team challenges incorrectly twice, they lose the ability to challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rankings for which teams and players are most efficient at making the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Data updated through games of Monday, March 30th.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Jump to:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/preview.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48305211\/2026-mlb-abs-challenge-system-tracker-team-player-rankings#batters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Batters<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/preview.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48305211\/2026-mlb-abs-challenge-system-tracker-team-player-rankings#catchers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Catchers<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/preview.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48305211\/2026-mlb-abs-challenge-system-tracker-team-player-rankings#pitchers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitchers<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/preview.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48305211\/2026-mlb-abs-challenge-system-tracker-team-player-rankings#teams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teams<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/preview.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48305211\/2026-mlb-abs-challenge-system-tracker-team-player-rankings#umpires\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Umpires<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Batter ABS Challenge LeadersPitcher ABS Challenge LeadersCatcher ABS Challenge LeadersMLB Team ABS Challenge RankingsUmpire ABS Challenge LeadersRankNamePitches<br \/>ChallengedCalls<br \/>OverturnedOverturn<br \/>RatePitches<br \/>Called1Will Little400.0%2781Bruce Dreckman400.0%3351David Rackley300.0%3071Erich Bacchus300.0%3321Bill Miller100.0%2581Vic Carapazza100.0%2691James Hoye100.0%2911Quinn Wolcott100.0%3359Emil Jimenez5120.0%29910John Tumpane4125.0%32110Roberto Ortiz4125.0%28110Ben May4125.0%34813Lance Barksdale6233.3%56913Ryan Additon6233.3%37113Chris Conroy3133.3%32313Mike Muchlinski3133.3%27013Gabe Morales3133.3%24813Nick Mahrley3133.3%34013Jansen Visconti3133.3%26513Stu Scheurwater3133.3%26813Rob Drake3133.3%27213Nestor Ceja3133.3%31013Nate Tomlinson3133.3%27724D.J. Reyburn5240.0%34124Malachi Moore5240.0%28726Ramon De Jesus4250.0%33926Alex Tosi4250.0%24026Brennan Miller4250.0%35326Adam Beck4250.0%30126Ryan Wills2150.0%30731Carlos Torres7457.1%34832Doug Eddings5360.0%27632Laz Diaz5360.0%25134Tripp Gibson6466.7%35834Chris Guccione3266.7%31334Alan Porter3266.7%32034Adrian Johnson3266.7%33134Todd Tichenor3266.7%34234Brian O&#8217;Nora3266.7%31834Jeremie Rehak3266.7%27334Ryan Blakney3266.7%24934Jordan Baker3266.7%23343Chris Segal10770.0%32144CB Bucknor8675.0%38344Mark Wegner4375.0%34144Chad Fairchild4375.0%27544Cory Blaser4375.0%31044Sean Barber4375.0%32244Lance Barrett4375.0%28844Dan Iassogna4375.0%25744Paul Clemons4375.0%29152Ron Kulpa5480.0%30453Dan Bellino6583.3%26354Jim Wolf33100.0%27454Andy Fletcher11100.0%28054Alfonso M\u00e1rquez11100.0%29454Marvin Hudson11100.0%26554Chad Whitson77100.0%29554Mike Estabrook55100.0%29154Junior Valentine22100.0%26954Charlie Ramos11100.0%271<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar 31, 2026, 01:24 AM ET MLB implemented the ABS challenge system in the 2026 season, which allows&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-572558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}