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Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and get additional appeals in extra innings.

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 introduced in ...

Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday ...

Umpire Doug Eddings calls Miami Marlins second baseman Javier Sanoja (46) safe at second base after his sixth inning RBI double during a game between the Miami Marlins and the Colorado Rockies at ...

It's official: MLB will be using the ABS challenge system throughout the entire 2026 season. Robot umpires - also called "automated balls and strikes" (ABS) - have been used in the minor leagues and ...

NEW YORK — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee approved Tuesday use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the ...

NEW YORK — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the ...

Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee approved the use of the automated ball/strike system (ABS) on Tuesday.

NEW YORK — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball‘s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the ...

NEW YORK — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the ...