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 2026, MLB ...

Commissioner Rob Manfred mapped out a tentative plan Tuesday afternoon, suggesting that the Automated Ball-Strike System, known as ABS, could be implemented for spring training next February, with ...

MLB's commissioner, Rob Manfred has officially shut down any rumor that robot umpires would be in MLB next season.

Commissioner Rob Manfred shed some light on the future of robot umpires in Major League Baseball after an owners meeting in New York on Thursday. Though an automated ball-strike system (ABS) is on ...

MLB's Rob Manfred addresses future of robot umpires, says ABS could be introduced as challenge system The league hasn't given any specifics on when the automated ball-strike system will be used in ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred revealed when the automated strike zone, or robot umpires, could be introduced in the majors.

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred downplayed the chances of the automated ball-strike system being installed at the big-league level ahead of next season on Thursday, according to ...

We’ve talked about the topic of a ball-and-strike challenge system here many times. It’s being used in the minor leagues this year, has been tested over quite a few seasons in various minor ...

MLB commish Rob Manfred told ESPN that these robot umps are likely coming and they could be implemented in the 2024 season. I have two things to say about that: Hooray! And: Hurry up!

The biggest note of them all was the likely implementation in 2024 of an automated ball-strike zone system, commonly known as robot umpires, according to Manfred.