Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
MLB installed the Automated Ball-Strike System at the spring training ballparks of 19 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates ...
Phillies notes: Marchán at crossroads, Sánchez plays it cool, Marsh’s robot revenge?
Marchán enters the spring with a perceived advantage over incumbent Garrett Stubbs. The Phillies can send Stubbs to the ...
John Romano: Robot umps are on the way and Rays players seem happy with the idea
I think it’s cool for fans,” said Rays first base coach Michael Johns, who was managing at Durham in 2023 when the experiment ...
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Kyle Goon: Baseball’s pitch challenge system is the future, and it’s fantastic
Although ABS is not yet a regular-season feature, the future is coming — and the players who have gotten to challenge pitches ...
Technology Is Coming for Baseball’s Strike Zone. Just Don’t Call It a Robo-Ump
How MLB created a so-called robo-ump system that uses cameras and computers to call balls and strikes and how players are ...
Robot umps are on the way and Rays players seem happy with the idea
First impression of baseball’s flirtation with an automated strike zone? Bring it on! Technically, it’s still in the experimentation stage this spring and won’t reach Major League ballparks before ...