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

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

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

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

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

With a tap of their head, players will be able to trigger an automated review when they disagree with an umpire's call. In spring training this year, just over half of challenges were successful.

The robots are officially coming. Major League Baseball will be using the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) beginning in the 2026 season. Fans have been clamoring for this for years so ...

Major League Baseball will introduce an Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System beginning in the 2026 season, allowing players to contest umpire calls on balls and strikes for the first time in the ...

The Automated Ball-Strike, or ABS challenge system, is being implemented after years of testing in the Minor Leagues. “I’m ...

Major League Baseball will introduce an automated ball-strike challenge system in 2026, marking the league’s first step ...

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 ...