Five Japanese stars are back on home soil as Major Leaguers -- among them Shohei Ohtani, coming off a season for the ages \-\ ...
Though that was once largely considered out of the bounds of possibility, MLB games officiated by so-called “robot umpires” are now closer to reality than ever before. Starting this week ...
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?
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 ... of each series and a ...
Add umpires to the list of jobs at risk of being replaced by robots. Major League Baseball this week will begin testing an automated system that will keep count of balls and strikes. The tests ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers went 2-0 in the Tokyo series over their National League rival, the Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers start the season on the right foot and will now return to the States to kick ...
The Cubs and World Series champion Dodgers opened ... shown on the scoreboard and broadcast feed. The umpire then announces the updated count. MLB estimates the process averages 17 seconds.