Major League Baseball has finally started experimenting with robot umpires, but it might be a while until we see them in ...

Baseball fans tuning into spring training games may have noticed another new wrinkle in a sport that’s experienced a host of ...

One of the biggest adjustments is that the zone called by umpires isn't a rectangle and tends to bulge in the middle. MLB research also found that the human strike zone tightens from 550 square ...

ABS maintains a rigid definition of the strike zone based on each batter's height. MLB will not be using ABS this spring to determine every call; rather, the league is employing a "challenge ...

ABS maintains a rigid definition of the strike zone based on each batter's height. MLB will not be using ABS this spring to determine every call; rather, the league is employing a "challenge ...

Amid complaints from fans and many players about the umpires' struggles with accurately calling the strike zone, MLB is testing its compromise to "robot umps" for the first time this spring.

MLB officials have said that 51% of challenges ... sailed straight through the middle of the strike zone. The shortstop tapped his helmet, making good on a pregame bet with his teammates.

It's a meld of robotic precision and human oversight, a compromise allowing a limited number of challenges per game to ensure accuracy in the strike zone ... For more MLB insight, tune into ...

“The strike-zone box that we display on broadcasts and our app probably is inconsistent with the way we currently do it with the challenge system,” said Morgan Sword, MLB’s executive vice ...

One of the biggest storylines of MLB spring training so far has been the implementation of the automated ball-strike (ABS) ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred talks with media ... The system is capable of pinpointing where the ball was in relation to the strike zone as it crosses the plate. It is similar to the line-calling ...