MLB is giving players and managers a taste of the automated ball-strike system as the league weighs whether to fully implement it.

The robot ump’s replay showed that it was low. So low that, had it been called a strike, someone would have written that the ...

The incident occurred in the 47th over when Inglis whipped off the bails when the batter ventured out of the crease before ...

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If there’s one thing baseball fans are averse to, it’s change. Over the MLB’s 149-year history, alterations to the game’s ...

Though that was once largely considered out of the bounds of possibility, MLB games officiated by so-called “robot umpires” are ... or catcher. To signal a challenge, the player will tap ...

South African pacer Kagiso Rabada expressed his frustration after England batter Joe Root pulled out of his stance during their Champions Trophy 2025 game ...

and umpire Alex Wharf had not yet called. Replays showed Noor to be well out of his ground, but Smith was quick to signal to the umpires that the appeal should not be considered, despite some ...

MLB has tested the challenge system — as well as a full automated ball/strike system, in which the plate umpire merely signals what the computer called — in the minors in recent years. So ...

However, home plate umpire Dan Iassogna called the full-count pitch a strike instead of a ball. Immediately, Jones tapped the ...