MLB's ABS challenge system is up and running this spring — and it's about to change baseball profoundly. Here's everything you need to know.

At long last, player protest with ball or strike calls can be handled with something other than ineffectual arguing. Beginning with the 2026 MLB season, players will have the power to appeal the ...

The ABS system is back in spring training and will be used during the MLB regular season for the first time ...

Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee voted in September to approve regular-season use for 2026. Each player will be measured for his strike zone starting at 10 a.m. to noon on a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — For those worried robots are about to take over Major League Baseball, Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer has some experience with the Automated Ball/Strike system that’s ...

In a new demo released by researchers at the RAI Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, two robots have learned to play baseball. The machines played catch with each other and hit the balls with a bat ...

Just 102 days after a thrilling World Series ended with the Los Angeles Dodgers becoming the first repeat champion in a quarter century, pitchers and catchers are back on the field Tuesday as spring ...

FILE - The Automated Ball-Strike System plays on the scoreboard after a pitch call was challenged during the first inning of a spring training baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the San ...

Just 102 days after a thrilling World Series ended with the Los Angeles Dodgers becoming the first repeat champion in a quarter century, pitchers and catchers are back on the field today as spring ...