Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday provided some specifics on what an automated ball-strike system (ABS) at the highest level might look like once that time comes. Via The ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Robot umpires are marching closer toward an official arrival date for Major League Baseball. Commissioner Rob Manfred mapped out a tentative plan Tuesday afternoon, suggesting that ...

Living, breathing human home plate umpires might keep their jobs longer than anticipated. Rob Manfred touched on several topics at a news conference following an owners meeting Thursday, but the ...

NEW YORK — The robots are still expected to come to baseball. Just not next year. Speaking at the conclusion of the Major League Baseball owners’ meetings Thursday, commissioner Rob Manfred said the ...

Major League Baseball almost certainly won't have robot umpires calling balls and strikes in 2025. Commissioner Rob Manfred all but confirmed that at a press conference on Thursday, disappointing ...

Robots are coming to the major leagues, but only partially. The MLB’s competition committee approved the use of the Automated ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is on the verge of changing baseball as we know it forever. He reportedly introduced a plan to the league's competition committee that would implement the automated ...

Major League Baseball says robot home plate umpires are unlikely for 2025. “We still have some technical issues,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday at a news conference following an ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on ...