MLB’s Joint Competition Committee voted 9-2 to approve the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system on Tuesday, Sept. 23, two persons on the competition committee told USA TODAY Sports, after commissioner ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major ...

Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee has approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026.

Major League Baseball has once again chosen to tamper with the very foundation of the game, this time by inserting artificial ...

NEW YORK — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition ...

Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone.

Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday ...

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.

Following years of testing in the minor leagues, as well as during spring training, MLB forged ahead with a system in which human umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge ...

NEW YORK — 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 the ...

The Orioles haven’t just battled the American League East over a forgettable 2025 campaign. They’ve also battled the men and women in blue behind the plate. Blown ball-and-strike calls have cost ...