ARLINGTON, Texas -- Robot umpires are marching closer toward an official arrival date for Major League Baseball. Commissioner Rob Manfred mapped out a tentative plan Tuesday afternoon, suggesting ...

The new computerized system is being tested during spring training, leading to a series of challenges from players who don’t know the strike zone quite as well as they think.

The independent Atlantic League was the first professional baseball league to use robots in making calls across the plate. Testing debuted at the all-star game in July 2019 and continued for the rest ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn’t match the one mapped out in ...

NEW YORK — Robot umpires likely won't be ready for a big league call-up next season. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the Automatic Ball-Strike System being used at Triple-A is not likely ...

One big change for the St. Louis Cardinals' spring training experience this year is the arrival of an automated ball-strike system (ABS), unofficially known by some as robot umpires.

But this isn’t the first robot umpires have been used in professional baseball. The league began experimenting with ABS for all balls and strikes (“full ABS”) during Triple-A minor league ...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball could test robot umpires as part of a challenge system in spring training next year, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026.

The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn’t match the one mapped out in the rule book.