Though this hybrid umpire system won’t make its way to regular season major league games in 2025, player and fan reactions ...

A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition ...

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt tried to pull a fast one on MLB's new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system on ...

Thursday's Cactus League game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will be more than just the first spring ...

The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) challenge got its first test run in big league Spring Training on Thursday afternoon, ...

The ABS uses a network of cameras installed in stadiums to track each pitch and determine whether it crosses home plate within the strike zone. The ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.

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

Human umpires still call every pitch, but each team has the ability to challenge two calls per game, with no additions for ...

Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the ...