But it's something being implemented and tested in the baseball world. The independent Atlantic League was the first victim to test the newest technology that includes a real-life umpire still manning ...

Jimmy Rollins says the MLB should "never" adopt full-time robot umps ... telling TMZ Sports this week the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System is as far as the league should take things. We caught ...

The future of baseball is approaching, and it is approaching fast. On Thursday, the MLB announced that the electronic strike zone would debut in all Triple-A ballparks in 2023 and soon the major ...

Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be introduced in ...

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

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, ...

ATLANTA -- Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. "I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball," Detroit's reigning Cy Young ...

NEW YORK -- Ejected for the fourth time this season and second time in a four-game span, Yankees manager Aaron Boone didn't think there was a need for robot umpires. "I don't want that," Boone said ...

An 11-member competition committee unanimously voted to approve the use of the Automated Ball/Strike System (ABS) for use in Major League Baseball, meaning "robot umpires" will be officially used ...

World peace may not hang in the balance, but in the world of baseball, umpire accuracy has gotten noticeably worse in recent years. It’s a relief to know that beginning next year, Major League ...

Major League Baseball’s decision to allow teams the opportunity to call for an automated review of an umpire’s ball and strike calls next season makes good sense. To those, such as Finnegan Schick, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In a surprising twist that baseball purists might never have predicted, many Major League Baseball umpires have gone from resisting automated strike zones to actively embracing them.