This marks the first time the technology will be used in MLB games, following years of testing in Minor League Baseball. While home plate umpires will ... The Best and Worst Moments of the 2025 ...

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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.

In a self-deprecating moment as Major League Baseball umpires begin to get used to the league's new automated balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system, umpire Mike Muchlinski declared the call of ...

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 ...

Robot Umpires Are Getting Their First MLB Test During Spring Training TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring ...

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?