Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on ...
MLB’s Joint Competition Committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday with the strong expectation that the Automated Ball Strike ...
Adding the robot umps is likely to cut down on ejections. MLB said 61.5% of ejections among players, managers and coaches ...
Human umpires will still call games, but robots will be used if teams want to challenge up to two calls per game.
MLB's 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved the use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026.
Tuesday, MLB’s Competition Committee, which consists of six owners, four players and one umpire, approved the ABS system for use in major league games in 2026. Here’s how it will work, per the league.