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

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on ...

Ever since Billy McLean became the first major league umpire in 1876, the umpire has been baseball’s Supreme Court—the highest court in the land. It helped McLe ...

Major League Baseball will introduce robot umpires in 2026 after its competition committee approved the Automated Ball-Strike ...

The call at home plate is about to get a second opinion. Major League Baseball is bringing the so-called "robot umpire" to ...

The robots are officially coming. Major League Baseball will be using the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) beginning in the ...

Robot umpires will be used in MLB next year after the league’s competition committee approved use of the Automated ...

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 announced on Sept. 23 that the ABS challenge system was approved for MLB play by a vote of the joint competition committee.

Robot umpires' will debut in Major League Baseball in the 2026 season as the game adopts the automated strike zone challenge ...