The MLB umpires getting the most exposed by ABS in its first month

One month into our braves new roboump world ... the umpiring has not adjusted.
The New York Times

Former umps watch their brethren deal with ABS and feel sympathy, pain

The new ABS system has been controversial across baseball, but perhaps no group has been more rankled at its arrival as former umpires. Billie Weiss / Boston Red Sox / Getty Images What is a strike?

‘He’s Arguing With the Robots!’ Minnesota Twins Manager Unleashes on Umps After MLB’s New Challenge System Gives His Team an Out

Minnesota Twins manager Derek Shelton on Sunday was ejected for arguing a call that was overturned by the MLB's new challenge ...

New MLB Rumors Reveal Umps 'Quietly Stewing' Over Being Held to 'Near-Impossible Standard' With ABS

Through the first two weeks of the 2026 MLB regular season and the new automated ball-strike challenge system, umpires are not happy about the standard by which they are being judged against.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Ex-ump Richie Garcia worries current umps will be embarrassed when robots overturn ball/strike calls

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. NEW YORK — Richie Garcia is worried about the impact that robot umpires will have on their human ...
Los Angeles Magazine

How MLB’s New ABS System Has Affected the Season So Far

Six days into the Major League Baseball season, and teams, coaches and umpires are already seeing the impacts of the newly implemented Automated Ball-Strike challenge system that claims to have more ...

When will MLB go ‘full ABS,’ let robot umps take over? Maybe never

Would baseball be a better sport if ABS called every pitch? We spent weeks looking into that question. There are many factors ...

MLB ABS system stats are coming in: What players are best at challenges?

MLB ABS challenge system has a few weeks under its belt and here's some stats to know.
Columbus Dispatch

MLB is cool with ABS. But is new rule a Trojan horse for 100% robo-umps?

PHOENIX — The fans love it. The umpires tolerate it. The players are getting used to it. And after nearly two weeks of the ABS challenge system implemented in Major League Baseball – with 585 ...