Using Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System will allow MLB players to contest ...

After years of fans clamoring for it, Major League Baseball is finally implementing an Automated Ball-Strike system for the ...

Nov 9, 2025; Mesa, AZ, USA; MLB umpire Felix Neon during the Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game at Sloan Park. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Baseball has survived scandals, rule ...

The Cincinnati Reds are one of the better teams this spring at employing MLB's new ball-strike challenge system. Its impact ...

It took 150 years for pro baseball umpires to get good at calling balls and strikes. And when they finally did, that's when ...

MLB's Automated Ball-Strike challenge system (ABS) is being implemented this spring and will stick around during the 2026 ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

Starting this season, batters, pitchers and catchers will have the ability to challenge ball and strike calls.

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 announced the automated ball-strike challenge system last September, commonly referred to as “robot ...

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, ...

Baseball has survived scandals, rule changes, and generational shifts, but few topics have split the sport like the push toward an automated strike zone. What began as a quiet experiment in the minor ...