MLB shares the reason behind its decision to stop using the strike-zone box from its video broadcasts of games.

Major League Baseball broadcasts no longer will use the strike zone box to indicate where the pitch was a ball or a strike, a ...

The Joint Competition Committee last September voted to bring the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, powered by ...

Baseball has survived scandals, rule changes, and generational shifts, but few topics have split the sport like the push toward an automated strike zone. What began as a quiet experiment in the minor ...

Starting this season, batters, pitchers and catchers will have the ability to challenge ball and strike calls.

For the first time ever, MLB teams will be able to challenge ball and strike calls in the regular season, thanks to the ...

NEW YORK — Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be ...

MLB will introduce robot umpires in 2026 with the Automated Ball-Strike System. Human umpires make calls, but teams can challenge them to the computer. The technology has been tested in the minors, ...