Add umpires to the list of jobs at risk of being replaced by robots. Major League Baseball this week will begin testing an ...

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt tried to pull a fast one on MLB's new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system on ...

Here is what every big leaguer needs to know about ABS, according to players and managers who have experience with it in the ...

Baseball is steeped in tradition and stubborn to change. But attendance and viewership are on the rise in the major leagues ...

During Spring Training Media Day in Phoenix, MLB officials provided an explainer session on the automated balls and strikes ...

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Four Phillies spring training games will stream exclusively on the team's website, while NBC Sports Philadelphia will ...

During exhibition play, MLB will be testing its new ABS challenge system in ballparks, including the spring training homes of ...

MLB players can challenge ball and strike calls. The camera-based system is only an experiment for now — but it has the ...

Using it in spring training will help the league determine whether to implement the system at the major league level in 2026.

Hours after Rafael Devers made news at Red Sox camp with his insistence on staying at third base, he enjoyed comfortable banter ... and Nationals will play twice since there's an odd number Umpires ...

There was a time this offseason where it looked like Bryan Reynolds was going to move from left field to a new position: First base. The All-Star was seen ... latest Pirates injury news and ...