Jimmy Rollins says the MLB should "never" adopt full-time robot umps ... telling TMZ Sports this week the Automated ...

MLB’s Joint Competition Committee voted 9-2 to approve the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system on Tuesday, Sept. 23, two ...

Starting next year, MLB will implement an Automated Ball Strike Challenge system after testing it out in the minors since ...

Robots are coming to the major leagues, but only partially. The MLB’s competition committee approved the use of the Automated ...

The 2026 season will mark the first time in MLB history that an electronic challenge system for balls and strikes is used full-time in all regular season and postseason games. MLB will implement the ...

Baseball embraces robo umps with a new challenge system, balancing technology with tradition to improve accuracy and cut disputes.

The announcement comes after years of testing in the minor leagues. ABS made its full-season debut in 2021 in the Class A Florida State League, and by ’23 it was used in all Triple A games. MLB also ...

Robot umpires are officially knocking on the door of MLB. Commissioner Rob Manfred told The Athletic's Evan Drellich on Wednesday that the league will test an automated ball-strike challenge system in ...

One of baseball’s immutable rules is that a player can’t argue balls and strikes—until now. On Tuesday, Major League Baseball ...

The computers aren’t taking over just yet,” says starter Miles Mikolas. He and outfielder Lars Nootbaar detail how ABS challenges will alter their games.

On Tuesday, a joint competition committee consisting of six MLB owners, four players, and one umpire approved the "challenge ...