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Five umpires receive promotions to the Major League staff
Major League Baseball today announced that three new umpires have been promoted to the full-time Major League staff, joining two other hires that occurred in 2024. The newest members promoted in 2025 ...
Popular Science19d
This could be baseball’s last season without ‘robot umpires’
Home Plate Umpire Brian Walsh uses an earpiece to hear the electronic notification as to weather a pitch was a ball or a strike by the ABS system during a AAA minor league baseball game.
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Major League Baseball is testing out a new robot umpire system
The automated ball-strike system (ABS) has been used for minor league games, but it's getting rolled out for the first time in the big leagues during spring training.
MLB will test robo-umps in spring training games. Here’s what to look for.
Beginning Thursday, the automated ball and strike system will allow players to challenge umpires’ calls. If all goes well, the system could debut in regular season games as soon as next year.
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Fans loved how MLB's new ABS challenge system exposed the umpire's terrible call in real time
you’ve probably noticed that MLB has started testing an automated strike zone. And the best part about the system may be that umpires are getting a dose of accountability in real time.