Major League Baseball will introduce robot umpires in 2026 after its competition committee approved the Automated Ball-Strike ...
Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone.
In Minor League play, a full ABS system was also trialled, eliminating human umpires’ involvement in ball-strike calls.
Ever since Billy McLean became the first major league umpire in 1876, the umpire has been baseball’s Supreme Court—the ...
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MLB robot umpires get the green light: What to know about ABS challenge system that starts in 2026
Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on ...
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 ...
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Robot Umps Officially Coming to MLB
The robots are officially coming. Major League Baseball will be using the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) ...
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MLB approves 'robot umpires' for 2026
Robot umpires' will debut in Major League Baseball in the 2026 season as the game adopts the automated strike zone challenge system tested in the 2025 pre-season, MLB announced on Tuesday.The system ...
Robot umpires will be used in MLB next year after the league’s competition committee approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System ...
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