Major League Baseball won't implement an automated ball-strike system for home plate umpires by the 2025 season, according to commissioner Rob Manfred. So-called "robot umpires" were among several ...

MLB's commissioner, Rob Manfred has officially shut down any rumor that robot umpires would be in MLB next season. MLB umpires have one of the hardest jobs on the planet. They are tasked with making ...

In a year already so full of changes for Major League Baseball, the league does not plan on implementing the automatic ball-strike system anytime in the near future, according to Commissioner Rob ...

Major League Baseball (MLB) is set to test robot umpires during spring training next year, potentially integrating an automated ball-strike system (ABS) by the 2026 season, this initiative, ...

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday provided some specifics on what an automated ball-strike system (ABS) at the highest level might look like once that time comes. Via The ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is on the verge of changing baseball as we know it forever. He reportedly introduced a plan to the league's competition committee that would implement the automated ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Major League Baseball hopes to test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training next year, making an automated ball-strike component possible as early as ...

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, ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball might follow the NHL and make its players available for the 2028 Summer Olympics, Commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday during a meeting with baseball writers.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Robot umpires are marching closer toward an official arrival date for Major League Baseball. Commissioner Rob Manfred mapped out a tentative plan Tuesday afternoon, suggesting that ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games starting Thursday after four years of experiments in ...