One umpire had five calls consecutively overturned by the automated ball-strike challenge system during Tuesday’s Pirates-Red ...

With MLB committing to an automatic balls and strikes system for the 2026 regular season, here are the best robo-ump moments from spring training.

Major League Baseball will test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training at 13 ballparks hosting 19 teams, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026. MLB has been ...

Jen Pawol will umpire during spring training for the third straight year but the major leagues' first woman umpire did not get one of the permanent staff openings. Tom Hanahan and Brian Walsh were ...

The 2026 MLB season will equip players with the ability to appeal the strike-zone judgments of human home-plate umpires, as the league is introducing the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System.

MLB's ABS challenge system is up and running this spring — and it's about to change baseball profoundly. Here's everything you need to know.

Tom Hanahan and Brian Walsh were promoted Friday to replace two retiring umps. Jen Pawol, MLB's first woman ump, will work spring training for the third straight year.

Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be introduced in ...

Seattle Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor talked about the nice moment Tuesday when he greeted Jen Pawol, the first female umpire in MLB history.

12 Oct 1997: Manager Bobby Cox of the Atlanta Braves argue with plate umpire Eric Gregg against the Florida Marlins in game five of the National League Championship Series at Pro Player Stadium in ...