MLB picks the best of the best umpires to call the World Series. Here's how the umps in the Phillies-Astros series fared during the regular season.

Unfortunately, even the best umpires are liable to languish at the Triple-A level for a long time because job turnover among MLB umpires is almost nonexistent. More than a dozen guys umped for at ...

PITCHING MATTERS: MLB playoffs are a 'different monster' but aces still reign in October 2024 MLB wild card series umpire schedule. Note: Umpires rotate from right field to left and then clockwise ...

But MLB fully extracting themselves from a large sponsorship deal is a thornier matter. The FTX logo on umpire uniforms will stop in 2023 as the cryptocurrency exchange company is mired in scandal.

That extra money from the World Series is certainly a nice bonus, but MLB umpires make plenty during the regular season. According to Career Trend, MLB umpires will make between $150,000 and $450,000.

Since umpires don’t really have MLB-related responsibilities during the off-season, they can use that time for whatever they want. “[Because] of the way our contract is structured, you get ...

Major League Baseball (MLB) will test the use of robot umpires as part of a challenge system during Spring training next year, with the aim of implementing the system in the 2026 regular season.

It’s finally time for the so-called Robo Umps, also called ABS for Automated Ball-Strike System. (And by the way, there’s a chance a modified version of Robo Umps will be introduced to the majors.

MLB is strategizing on a broadcast strategy to cope with the decline in cable television. Diamond Sports, which has been in bankruptcy proceedings since March 2023, has rights to 12 MLB teams.