Robot umpires will be used in MLB next year after the league’s competition committee approved use of the Automated ...

Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee approved the use of the automated ball/strike system (ABS) on Tuesday.

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on ...

Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and get additional appeals ...

Robot umpires - also called "automated balls and strikes" (ABS) - have been used in the minor leagues and during the 2025 MLB ...

The league’s 11-man competition committee approved the use of the automated ball/strike system (ABS) on Tuesday. The robot ...

Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone.

Major League Baseball will introduce robot umpires in 2026 after its competition committee approved the Automated Ball-Strike ...

Major League Baseball announced on Sept. 23 that the ABS challenge system was approved for MLB play by a vote of the joint competition committee.