Can MLB split the difference between humans and machines?

Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto has another task added to his to-do list before every game this year. In addition to his normal scouting reports on each opposing hitter that he uses to devise a game ...

Here's a brief explanation of how Major League Baseball will use technology this year to give players the opportunity to ...

Baseball fans have pleaded for “robot umpires” for years — a call that has finally been heard. The Automated Ball-Strike ...

Major League Baseball is bringing technology to the mound in 2026 as the ABS Challenge System lets pitchers, catchers and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues this year. The Automated Ball/Strike System will be introduced in the form of a challenge system in which the human umpire makes each call, ...

I think it’s embarrassing, embarrassing to the umpires that are calling the game. Nobody likes to be humiliated in front of 30,000, 40,000 people." ...

Major League Baseball's "robot umpire" made its debut in the season-opening New Yankees-San Francisco Giants game in Oracle ...

I’m supposed to be cool about the robot umpires. I’m supposed to say that it’s about time, that there’s nothing outlandish or improper about Major League Baseball finally implementing a review system ...

Wednesday is MLB’s Opening Day, and with it a new era of baseball arrives. The Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, ...

The modern renaissance of the nation’s pastime is clear in the data: The average duration of baseball’s notoriously long ...

There were a couple of umpires whose first brushes with ABS went worse. Chad Whitson had all seven of the seven challenges in ...