In the second inning of the Phillies’ 4-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, Otto Kemp watched a fastball from Zac Gallen go by, well outside the strike zone. Strike three. If the automated ...

Xander Bogaerts can’t wait for the automated ball-strike system. The Padres’ shortstop went off when talking to reporters ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

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

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 – ...

Major League Baseball will introduce an automated ball-strike challenge system in 2026, marking the league’s first step toward robot-assisted umpiring at the big-league level. The decision, approved ...

Upon further review, the ABS Challenge System has been confirmed for the 2026 MLB season. The Joint Competition Committee voted Tuesday afternoon to bring the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge ...

MLB will introduce robot umpires in 2026 with the Automated Ball-Strike System. Human umpires make calls, but teams can challenge them to the computer. The technology has been tested in the minors, ...

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

Starting in the 2026 season, Major League Baseball players will be able to challenge called balls and strikes in regular and postseason games for the first time. The widely expected adoption of the ...