CLEVELAND, Ohio — Baseball’s technological revolution continues as Major League Baseball officially announced that robot umpires – or more precisely, the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system – ...

Only the batter, pitcher or catcher can challenge an umpire’s ball or strike call with the ABS system. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Human umpires will remain behind the plate calling balls and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Major League Baseball will introduce an Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System beginning in the 2026 season, allowing players to contest umpire calls on balls and strikes for the ...

The MLB competition committee voted on Tuesday to approve implementing the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System for the entire 2026 season. -- Challenges can only be initiated by a pitcher, ...

Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major ...

Finnegan Schick is an attorney in Boston. A tradition as old as baseball is coming to an end. Major League Baseball announced this week it will be extending video review into the last stubbornly human ...

The clock is ticking for MLB, and December 1, 2026, marks a crucial date. On that day, the current labor agreement expires, and negotiations between owners and players could shape the future of ...

Oct 17, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter is presented the NLCS trophy by TBS reporter Lauren Shehadi after game four of the NLCS round for the 2025 MLB ...

There’s nothing going on in baseball this week, so as a diversion we’re going to take a tour of the greatest philosophical minds in recorded history, and ask the obvious question if one were to get ...