The robots are officially coming. Major League Baseball will be using the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) beginning in the 2026 season. Fans have been clamoring for this for years so ...

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, ...

October 28 - Major League Baseball will begin testing a strike zone challenge system next year at spring training, commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed Monday. Manfred previously said the automated ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Baseball’s technological revolution continues as Major League Baseball officially announced that robot umpires – or more precisely, the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system – ...

Robotic umpires are coming to Major League Baseball in 2026, the league announced Tuesday. They will arrive only partially, at least for now, in the form of a challenge system by which batters, ...

How does the Automated Ball-Strike System work? Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone. In early testing, umpires wore ...

Starting in the 2026 season, Major League Baseball players will be able to challenge called balls and strikes in regular and postseason games for the first time. The widely expected adoption of the ...