Automated strike zone with a challenge system will be part of spring training, the regular season and the postseason in 2026.

Robot umpires - also called "automated balls and strikes" (ABS) - have been used in the minor leagues and during the 2025 MLB ...

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

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

The league's competition committee voted to implement the system, which has been tested in Triple A since 2022, in all MLB ...

A long-awaited rule change is set to transform Major League Baseball games beginning next season. On Tuesday, the MLB Joint Competition Committee voted to appro ...

Upon further review, the ABS Challenge System has been confirmed for the 2026 MLB season. The Joint Competition Committee ...

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They also went through the meticulous process of adding a bunch of Hawk-Eye cameras (12, to be exact) in each ballpark and ...

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.