Robot umpires are officially knocking on the door of MLB. Commissioner Rob Manfred told The Athletic's Evan Drellich on Wednesday that the league will test an automated ball-strike challenge system in ...

Hawk-Eye tracking cameras are positioned around the stadium. Five cameras are used to track pitches. Additional cameras around the stadium are used to track player position and ball location. Major ...

Nobody’s perfect, and umpires are human and make mistakes. But MLB hitters and pitchers have had to live with those mistakes behind the plate. Until 2026. Starting next year, MLB will implement an ...

For a certain segment of baseball fans, the Automated Ball-Strike system is a long time coming. With the technology to know for certain that a pitch is being called correctly, the thinking is that ...

July 9 (UPI) --MLB will use the automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system -- often referred to as robo-umps -- at the 2025 All-Star Game on Tuesday in Atlanta, a source familiar with the ...

The Red Sox are off to a slow start with MLB’s new ball-strike challenge system, ranking near the bottom as teams adjust to the technology in the regular season.

Baltimore's Samuel Basallo Makes MLB's First Game-Ending Robo-Ump Challenge BALTIMORE (AP) — Samuel Basallo made a little history when the Baltimore catcher became the first major leaguer to end a ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Samuel Basallo made a little history when the Baltimore catcher became the first major leaguer to end a game with a successful challenge via the Automated Ball-Strike System. No word ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Samuel Basallo made a little history when the Baltimore catcher became the first major leaguer to end a game with a successful challenge via the Automated Ball-Strike System. No word ...