A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition ...

This year's MLB spring training could prove more consequential than any in years past as MLB will experiment with ABS, the ...

What to know about robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges at 2025 MLB spring training Cactus League, ...

The batter, pitcher or catcher simply tap their helmet or cap to challenge — but they only have two seconds. If they ...

If there’s one thing baseball fans are averse to, it’s change. Over the MLB’s 149-year history, alterations to the game’s ...

Though that was once largely considered out of the bounds of possibility, MLB games officiated by so-called “robot umpires” are now closer to reality than ever before. Starting this week ...

Robot umpires have arrived in the big leagues, at least in exhibition games. The Cubs and World Series champion Dodgers ...

The umpire then announces the updated count ... A parks in 2022 and expanded to all Triple-A stadiums in 2023, the robot alone for the first three games of each series and a human with a challenge ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.

It's time once again for the Grapefruit League! MLB spring training in Florida includes a strike zone challenge system in 2025. Here's what to know.