Using Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System will allow MLB players to contest ...

Nov 9, 2025; Mesa, AZ, USA; MLB umpire Felix Neon during the Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game at Sloan Park. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Baseball has survived scandals, rule ...

Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever ...

After years of fans clamoring for it, Major League Baseball is finally implementing an Automated Ball-Strike system for the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Baseball’s technological revolution continues as Major League Baseball officially announced that robot umpires – or more precisely, the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system – ...

NEW YORK — 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. ABS will be ...

Major League Baseball will implement automated ball and strike technology in 2026 following approval by the league’s 11-member competition committee [1]. The Automated Ball/Strike System (ABS) will ...

Major League Baseball is being extra cautious with the new Automated Ball Strike Challenge System going into effect this season. The Chicago Sun-Times reported last week that MLB broadcasts will not ...

With the Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system in line to be fully integrated in Major League games at the start of next season, it will mark the biggest rule change the sport has seen since ...

The Cincinnati Reds are one of the better teams this spring at employing MLB's new ball-strike challenge system. Its impact was on display Saturday.

Baseball has survived scandals, rule changes, and generational shifts, but few topics have split the sport like the push toward an automated strike zone. What began as a quiet experiment in the minor ...