MLB approved a new automatic balls and strikes system set to start in 2026. Here's everything to know about the ABS challenge system.

Starting in the 2026 season, Major League Baseball players will be able to challenge called balls and strikes in regular and postseason games for the first time. The widely expected adoption of the ...

Major League Baseball's trial of the automated balls and strikes challenge system is experimental no more. The "robot" umpires are coming to MLB starting next season. The league announced on Tuesday, ...

In the years since televised broadcasts of baseball games there has been constant pining for the ability to overturn poorly umpired ball/strike calls. Nothing’s worse than seeing a pitcher paint a ...

Major League Baseball will make its initial foray next season into “robot umpires,” a rather hilarious term that conjures up images of Star Wars droids barking out ball and strike calls but is in ...

In baseball, disagreeing with an umpire's call is just about as old as the sport itself. Now players will be able to do something about it. Starting next season, Major League Baseball will introduce a ...