Detailed view of the scoreboard showing an ABS ball and strike challenge call being overturned to a strikeout during the Chicago White Sox against the Chicago Cubs during a spring training game at ...

Robotic umpires are coming to Major League Baseball in 2026, the league announced Tuesday. They will arrive only partially, at least for now, in the form of a challenge system by which batters, ...

With a new Major League Baseball season here, a major change will play a unique role in how the year progresses. Coming to the majors this season is the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, or ABS ...

Beginning on June 25, all Triple-A games will now use the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system for the remainder of ...

Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be introduced in ...

For generations, baseball has followed a simple rule. The umpire calls balls and strikes, and that call stands. That changes now. This season, Major League Baseball is introducing something that once ...

Sept. 23 (UPI) --Major League Baseball entered an age of robot umpiring Tuesday after a league committee approved a high-tech system for players to challenge calls. The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) ...

If you are watching a game and suddenly see a batter, catcher or pitcher tap their helmet after a borderline pitch, that is MLB’s ABS challenge system in action. “ABS” stands for Automated Ball-Strike ...

Rejoice, MLB fans, robot umpires are almost here ... well, kind of. The league joint competition committee met Tuesday to vote on whether to bring the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system to ...