MLB is giving players and managers a taste of the automated ball-strike system as the league weighs whether to fully implement it.

This is how a top, top professional like Max Scherzer can go 20 years without figuring out where the strike zone ends. That wasn’t his job. It was the home-plate umpire’s. Now someone has made ...

MLB is testing an automated ball-strike ... adding a new position to America’s pastime from out of left field - a robot umpire. What they're saying "I think the robot umpire is really good.

Major League Baseball ... out how many challenges makes the most sense in a big league ballgame. I like it, because especially in a big spot, you want to get the call right.” Home-plate umpires ...

José Devers recovers a sharp ground ball that deflects off the third-base umpire to throw out Paul DeJong at first base in the 4th inning Globe icon Login icon ...

This year, the league is testing out the ABS system to a mixed reception from fans and players. While Major League umpires as a whole have gotten better of late, their definitive ball-strike calls ...

Why bait the umpire if that call will ultimately be challenged and overturned? For more news and rumors, check out MLB Insider Robert Murray’s work on The Baseball Insiders podcast, ...

Toronto Blue Jays Max Scherzer pitched in his first game for Toronto yesterday and after the game took a shot at the MLB over the new ABS system. The MLB announced earlier this off-season that they ...

actually shows MLB umpires were not much worse or much better in 2024 than any other recent seasons. In fact, Arraez and the Padres were not singled out or penalized more than other hitters with ...

but I think major-league umpires are really good. They’re really good. So what are we actually changing here?" Baseball attempting to potentially roll out robot umpires on a permanent basis ...

Veteran MLB umpire Mike ... MLB has been testing out in spring training. The system ultimately ruled that Muchlinski’s call was accurate, which seemingly surprised the umpire himself.