It's official: MLB will be using the ABS challenge system throughout the entire 2026 season. Robot umpires - also called "automated balls and strikes" (ABS) - have been used in the minor leagues and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

With the Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system in line to be fully integrated in Major League games at the start of next season, it will mark the biggest rule change the sport has seen since ...

When Jen Pawol took the field as an MLB umpire at Atlanta’s Truist Park on Aug. 9, it made history. For the first time, a female umpire worked a regular season MLB game. For the first time, the dream ...

Major League Baseball and its umpires have agreed to ratify a new five-year labour contract, ensuring further labour peace. Both parties announced the deal Wednesday. The previous five-year contract ...

Starting this season, Major League Baseball umpires will use a microphone to announce decisions made by the replay booth, the league announced Friday. MLB says that training has been held in Arizona ...