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

Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever ...

The rulebook strike zone is essentially home plate, projected over a three-dimensional space with a defined top and bottom ...

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 ...

Technological advances that lead to fairer, more accurate calls are often seen as triumphs. But new technology doesn’t mean ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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.

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." ...