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.

It didn't take long for the ABS system to prove human umpires wrong during MLB's first spring training game of 2025. What if I told you there was once a day when human umpires ruled all?

Major League Baseball players like to believe that they could call a game better than the umpire standing behind home plate. Now they’re finally getting a chance to prove it.

MLB umpires are some of the highest-compensated officials among the major North American sports leagues. On average, MLB umpires earn $300,000 annually to regulate the many aspects that determine ...

It's a way to correct the most egregious mistakes, and it does it quickly. MLB's umpires are very good -- they're the best in the world at what they do -- and they're getting better too.

The system could be a part of regular-season play as early as next year. Add umpires to the list of jobs at risk of being replaced by robots. Major League Baseball this week will begin testing an ...