MLB’s Joint Competition Committee voted 9-2 to approve the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system on Tuesday, Sept. 23, two ...

MLB’s Joint Competition Committee met Tuesday and approved the use of the Automated Ball Strike (ABS) Challenge System for ...

Human umpires will remain behind home plate and call every pitch. The post ‘Robot Umpires’ Coming As MLB Approves Challenge ...

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

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 ...

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

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred chats with Dan Patrick about some of the changes Major League Baseball as implemented in recent years, particularly the recent decision to use robot umpires in 2026.

The ABS Challenge System, which allows pitchers and hitters to change an umpire's call using technology, will be allowed for ...

Robots are coming to the major leagues, but only partially. The MLB’s competition committee approved the use of the Automated ...

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

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will ...

Human umpires will still call games, but robots will be used if teams want to challenge up to two calls per game.