In an interview with The New York Times, Manfred also forecasted fans getting more access to game broadcasts after the 2028 season.

Manfred did note MLB umpires are "more receptive" to the robot-style system if it were to be adopted, but the next round of ...

Was the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system novel? Yes, though maybe not to Max Scherzer. Effective? According to the data, ...

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Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says robot umpires could be used as early as the 2026 regular season but feedback from players and teams needs to be gathered and analyzed before a decision is made.

Teams Successful on 52.2% of Ball/strike Challenges During Spring Training Robot Umpire Test NEW YORK (AP ... Major League Baseball said Wednesday that 617 of 1,182 challenges were successful ...

Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires.

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot ...

Wonder how the new Automated Ball-Strike System fared during Spring Training? Well, wonder no more. According to data ...