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

Ever since Billy McLean became the first major league umpire in 1876, the umpire has been baseball’s Supreme Court—the ...

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

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

During the 2026 season, Major League Baseball will adopt a new strike zone review process that combines human umpiring with technology. The league announced that robot umpires, officially called the ...

MLB’s Joint Competition Committee voted 9-2 to approve the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system on Tuesday, Sept. 23, two ...

The robots are officially coming. Major League Baseball will be using the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) ...

Baseball’s robot umpires may look like a narrow sports experiment. In fact, they are a parable for the economy at large: Technology pares back one craft, redistributes value, and leaves the real ...

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

Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and get additional appeals ...

Major League Baseball announced on Sept. 23 that the ABS challenge system was approved for MLB play by a vote of the joint competition committee.