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Major League Baseball (MLB) will test the use of robot umpires as part of a challenge system during Spring training next year, with the aim of implementing the system in the 2026 regular season. The ...

In the spring training battle of pitchers, catchers and batters vs. borderline strike calls from umpires, the players prevailed – but just barely. Major League Baseball’s tryout of a challenge system ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs played the first spring training game of 2025 on Thursday and debuted some new technology in the process. Thursday's Cactus League opener, a 12-4 Cubs win, saw ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred talks with media at George M. Steinbrenner Field. / Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Major League Baseball will continue experimenting with robot umpires during spring ...

Major League Baseball will experiment with the strike zone challenge system at the game's highest level next year during spring training. Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed the news on Monday during a ...

The New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed how to confidently use the still-in-trial Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) in a spring training game against the Boston Red Sox last week – so ...