Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. “I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball,” Detroit's AL Cy Young Award winner ...

Robot umpires to make All-Star Game debut, paving way for possible regular-season use in 2026 Major League Baseball has experimented with the automated ball-strike system in minor leagues since 2019 ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said last year that robot home plate umpires were not likely to be used daily during this season.

ATLANTA — Cal Raleigh was just as successful with the first robot umpire All-Star challenge as he was in the Home Run Derby. Seattle’s catcher signaled for an appeal to the Automated Ball ...

Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he believes all that chatter is good for the game.

MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019 and will use it in an All-Star Game for the first time this summer.

Robot umpires to make All-Star Game debut, another step toward possible regular-season use in 2026 The system, used in some minor leagues since 2019, allows teams two challenges per game.

Major League Baseball plans to use its robot umpire technology for ball-strike challenges in Tuesday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta.

Major League Baseball plans to use its robot umpire technology for ball-strike challenges in Tuesday's All-Star Game at Atlanta, another step toward possible regular-season use next season.

Robot umpires to make All-Star Game debut, another step toward possible regular-season use in 2026 By Ronald Blum, Associated Press | Posted - July 14, 2025 at 5:34 p.m.