Robot Umpires Have Come to MLB—and They’re Making Players Look Completely Clueless
The new computerized system is being tested during spring training, leading to a series of challenges from players who don’t ...
Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition ...
MLB Unveils New Challenge System Involving Robot Umpires for Spring Training
This year's MLB spring training could prove more consequential than any in years past as MLB will experiment with ABS, the ...
Robot umps are here: What MLB players need to know to navigate ABS this spring
Here is what every big leaguer needs to know about ABS, according to players and managers who have experience with it in the ...
MLB spring training 2025 features robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges
What to know about robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges at 2025 MLB spring training Cactus League, ...
This could be baseball’s last season without ‘robot umpires’
If there’s one thing baseball fans are averse to, it’s change. Over the MLB’s 149-year history, alterations to the game’s ...
MLB’s robo-umps are here, plus More Devers/Bregman fallout
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Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.
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Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
The umpire then announces the updated count. MLB estimates the process averages ... and expanded to all Triple-A stadiums in 2023, the robot alone for the first three games of each series and ...
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Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
The umpire then announces the updated count. MLB estimates the process averages 17 seconds ... Triple-A parks in 2022 and expanded to all Triple-A stadiums in 2023, the robot alone for the first three ...