During Tuesday's Cactus League game between the Angels and Rangers, outfielder Wyatt Langford hit a slow, bouncing grounder ...

Technological advances that lead to fairer, more accurate calls are often seen as triumphs. But new technology doesn’t mean ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.

MLB will be using robot umpires in spring training this year / Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images This year's MLB spring training could prove more consequential than any in years past as MLB will experiment ...

It didn't take long for the ABS system to prove human umpires wrong during MLB's first spring training game of 2025. What if I told you there was once a day when human umpires ruled all?

If they challenge, the pitch graphic appears on the scoreboard and broadcast, and the umpire updates the count. The MLB says this takes about 17 seconds. The MLB has been testing ABS challenges in ...

The former Hofstra softball star again will umpire MLB games in spring training and has been added to the substitute list for the regular season. Pawol, 48, was the first woman in 17 years to get ...

The umpire then announces the updated count." According to MLB, the process averages 17 seconds per challenge. Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo recently reacted to the ABS technology and ...