Technological advances that lead to fairer, more accurate calls are often seen as triumphs. But new technology doesn’t mean ...

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

If it’s challenge-system feedback baseball wants this spring, then I think we found just the man to supply it.

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

MLB ejections aren’t always straightforward—disguises, flying helmets, and even music directors have been tossed. Who’s next ...

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 ...

After experimenting with the Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system across the Minor Leagues, MLB has brought ... you want to get the call right.” Home-plate umpires are still tasked ...

Umps tend to get a higher percentage of calls right later in the season compared to their accuracy in April and May.

A player in the latter category was Max Scherzer of the Toronto Blue Jays. Scherzer is an old head, as he's over 40 years old and likely doesn't have many years left as a starting pitcher. For a ...

It could be used in MLB games in 2026. "It's out of my call," Jones said. "I just don't want to move too far away of the human element of the game. Maybe the only way that we get robot umpires is ...

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 ...