at the All-Star Game for the first time, marking a significant technological advancement in how baseball calls balls and strikes. The implementation of this technology at baseball’s midsummer classic ...

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 ...

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 – ...

MLB will introduce robot umpires in 2026 with the Automated Ball-Strike System. Human umpires make calls, but teams can challenge them to the computer. The technology has been tested in the minors, ...

MLB is debuting its automated ball-strike system in the All-Star Game after testing it in the minors since 2019. Each team gets two challenges and keeps them if correct; spring tests saw a 52.2% ...

How does the Automated Ball-Strike System work? Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone. In early testing, umpires wore ...