The umpires call everything (a ... but they were bad last year.” The data, according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, actually shows MLB umpires were not much worse or much better ...

Major League Baseball is experimenting with the ABS challenge system during spring training in 2025, but there are currently ...

It didn't take long for the ABS system to prove human umpires ... MLB can abandon it altogether. For now, though, it's smart for the league to use every weird piece of tech to its advantage to ...

Throughout the offseason, the CBS Sports MLB experts will bring you a weekly Batting Around roundtable breaking down pretty ...

The Orioles had a chance to turn a small rally into a crooked number on the scoreboard, but they got a bad call ... get put in play.” MLB has been testing these robot umpire systems in the ...

MLB is testing an automated ball-strike sytem ... The league is testing new robot umpires during spring training in the form of an automated ball-strike system. The ABS system has been tested ...

It keeps human umpires behind homeplate and supplements their calls with Hawk-Eye tech tracking each pitch. MLB is still in the ... but I don't think that's a bad thing. So, we'll see." ...

The same can be said about umpires and the league itself this year. MLB is testing ABS – otherwise ... And he wants those same bad calls to go in his favor. Had the pitch Scherzer challenged ...

Major League Baseball has finally started experimenting with robot umpires, but it might be a while until we see them in regular season games. During 2025 spring training, MLB has adopted the ...

MLB's umpires are very good -- they're the best in the world at what they do -- and they're getting better too. The data shows they miss fewer calls with each passing year. The challenge system is ...

What if I told you there was once a day when human umpires ... MLB can abandon it altogether. For now, though, it's smart for the league to use every weird piece of tech to its advantage to combat ...