Well, it finally happened. Robot umps are officially here. On Tuesday, Major League Baseball approved the implementation of the Automated Ball-Strike ...
Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on ...
MLB has devised a solution to missed ball-strike calls in games, implementing an Automated Ball-Strike challenge system ...
Upon further review, the ABS Challenge System has been confirmed for the 2026 MLB season. The Joint Competition Committee ...
The night before my debut, I had dinner with my parents and then had no trouble falling asleep. But I woke up in the middle ...
Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System.
Human umpires will still make calls, but a team's pitcher, batter, or catcher has two chances to challenge the call, which is when the human umpire will defer to the robot umpire. Some say this will ...