Major League Baseball players like to believe that they could call a game better than the umpire standing behind home plate. Now they’re finally getting a chance to prove it.

Major League Baseball is introducing an Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) robot program in spring training, allowing teams the ...

Ready or not, robot umpires are here. One of over 30 ABS cameras monitor each pitch for balls and strikes during a AAA minor league baseball game between the Memphis Redbirds and Lehigh Valley ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.

The point of robot umpires – which are just in the spring ... It’s manufacturing a little drama inside a sport that produces too little. Baseball has taken a look over at tennis, seen the ...

Ready or not, robot umpires are here. Anyone who’s watched baseball on television in recent years will be familiar with the faint, rectangular box that appears in front of the batter.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.

You might call Cincinnati Reds pitcher Andrew Abbott a traditionalist. You could reasonably argue his baseball heart and mind are more advanced than his 25 years. To that point, Abbott prefers the ...