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

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 ...

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 ...

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

During 2025 spring training, MLB has adopted the Automated Ball-Strike ... of pinpointing where the ball was in relation to the strike zone as it crosses the plate. It is similar to the line ...

If you have tuned in for any of the spring training games thus far, you've probably noticed that MLB has started testing an automated strike zone. And the best part about the system may be that ...

Spring training is traditionally a time of new beginnings, including this year's introduction of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system in spring games. It's a meld of robotic precision and human ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last year, the system was in place at some Class AAA ballparks, allowing MLB to collect data on player and fan preferences while it honed the specifics of the automatic strike zone and nuances of ...

“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 ...

Bailey, a Gold Glover, isn't a fan of the ABS system. "I think it's going to change the game a lot more than people realize." ...