MLB's new robot ump system lets players challenge ball-strike calls by tapping their head, with results appearing on stadium screens within seconds.

Can MLB split the difference between humans and machines?

When the crack of the bat signals opening day for the 2026 Major League Baseball (MLB) season today, there will be a new ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Richie Garcia is worried about the impact that robot umpires will have on their human counterparts. Major ...

Do androids dream of electric balls and strikes—plus some other questions on baseball’s Opening Day.

Many fans call it the robot ump. It’s a major change for a sport steeped so deeply in tradition, and some players have ...

MLB is comfortable with the new system's margin of error. But not all players or umpires are quite as comfortable.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Cash isn't worried that manager ejections will become a relic of baseball's past just because robot ...

Here's a brief explanation of how Major League Baseball will use technology this year to give players the opportunity to ...

Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. "I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball," Detroit's AL Cy Young Award winner said ...

Major League Baseball introduced a big rule change this week, as balls and strikes can be challenged starting next year, with teams getting two challenges that they only lose should they get it wrong.