Major League Baseball will introduce robot umpires in 2026 after its competition committee approved the Automated Ball-Strike ...

MLB approved a new automatic balls and strikes system set to start in 2026. Here's everything to know about the ABS challenge ...

The league’s 11-man competition committee approved the use of the automated ball/strike system (ABS) on Tuesday. The robot ...

Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and get additional appeals ...

ABS is set to be implemented for spring training, the regular season and the playoffs. Teams will have two challenges, ...

ATLANTA — Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. “I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball,” Detroit’s AL Cy Young Award ...

Robot umpires are no longer science fiction. MLB announced Tuesday that its 11-man competition committee has approved the use of the Automated Ball/Strike System (ABS) in the big leagues starting in ...

The league's competition committee voted to implement the system, which has been tested in Triple A since 2022, in all MLB ...

Baseball's most controversial plays — disputed ball and strike calls — will now be subject to technological review as MLB implements a challenge system that promises to eliminate egregiously missed ...

The announcement comes after years of testing in the minor leagues. ABS made its full-season debut in 2021 in the Class A ...

STATELINE, Nev. – While the celebrities are the main draw for spectators at the American Century Championship, a new player stole the spotlight on one hole on Thursday. Charity Champ, the golf ball ...