CLEVELAND, Ohio — Austin Hedges built his career on an art form. The ability to steal strikes. To frame borderline pitches so precisely that umpires see a ball and register it as a strike. It’s ...

The Rays say a new ABS challenge system for balls and strikes is more of a crapshoot than baseball’s normal video replay.

MLB's ABS challenge system is up and running this spring — and it's about to change baseball profoundly. Here's everything you need to know.

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

Major League Baseball (MLB) will test the use of robot umpires as part of a challenge system during Spring training next year, with the aim of implementing the system in the 2026 regular season. The ...

Major League Baseball will test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training at 13 ballparks hosting 19 teams, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026. MLB has been ...

The New York Yankees will take the field at Oracle Park in San Francisco on March 25 to open the 2026 MLB season. Taking the field with them will be an army of robots. For the first time in MLB ...

Major League Baseball's exhibition season gets underway Friday afternoon. Unlike most years, this round of spring training isn't just serving as a warm-up for the players, but rather will also serve ...

During the World Baseball Classic, most of the rules are fairly similar to what fans will see during a typical MLB game played in the United States.

LIDOM is gearing up for a revolutionary change in Dominican winter baseball with the introduction of the robot umpire. This technology, already tested in the MLB, promises to enhance accuracy and ...

Anyone who’s heard about that crazy, umpire-free independent league in California is hereby forgiven for waffling on the issue. You can’t decide if it’s the next frontier in the majors or just too ...