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 ...

Robot umpires are coming fast, and baseball may never feel the same. Great catchers have always controlled the game with ...

When a new baseball season opens Wednesday night in San Francisco, with the home Giants hosting the New York Yankees, lifelong fans of the national pastime should brace for a dramatic change: the ...

The new Automated Ball-Strike system has contributed to a spike in the Major League Baseball’s walk rate so far this season.

San Francisco — New York's José Caballero thought for sure the pitch from Logan Webb had missed the strike zone, so he challenged the human umpire's call - and made major league history in the process ...

The Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them, will be tested this spring. A computerized system that calls ...

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

Nobody likes getting called out at work — especially when doing so happens on a JumboTron in front of tens of thousands of folks. Some MLB umpires are “stewing” about the new Automated Ball-Strike ...

Minnesota Twins manager Derek Shelton on Sunday was ejected for arguing a call that was overturned by the MLB’s new challenge system. This year, the MLB has debuted the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) ...

If the machines are intent on taking over, they seem to have found a human to aid their cause. Because one can draw two conclusions from the Reds-Red Sox game March 28: 1) Umpire C.B. Bucknor is ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — The first game-ending call by a so-called robot umpire gave Albert Suarez his first major league save in nine years, ending the Baltimore Orioles' 8-3 win over the Texas Rangers on ...