Major League Baseball's trial of the automated balls and strikes challenge system is experimental no more. The "robot" umpires are coming to MLB starting next season. The league announced on Tuesday, ...

The Joint Competition Committee last September voted to bring the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, powered by ...

Sept. 23 (UPI) --Major League Baseball entered an age of robot umpiring Tuesday after a league committee approved a high-tech system for players to challenge calls. The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) ...

Starting in the 2026 season, Major League Baseball players will be able to challenge called balls and strikes in regular and postseason games for the first time. The widely expected adoption of the ...

On Tuesday, Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball announced that after much testing, trial and error, including during this year’s All-Star game, the league would integrate an automated balls and ...

Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Major League Baseball in 2026 will introduce a system that won’t just change how games are called – it also will fundamentally transform how umpires are evaluated, discussed, and ...

As a baseball fan who hates to see a great game turn on an umpire's egregiously incorrect call, I welcome Major League Baseball's plan to incorporate the Automated Ball-Strike System next season.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Major League Baseball’s new ball-strike challenge system is supposed to improve accuracy, but it might also change the way teams coach their catchers to defend against stolen bases.

As a baseball fan who hates to see a great game turn on an umpire's egregiously incorrect call, I welcome Major League Baseball’s plan to incorporate the Automated Ball-Strike System next season.