A system for hitters, catchers and pitchers to challenge balls and strikes is being tested in some spring training ballparks.

It's about time. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he'd like to see the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system ...

Paul Clemons, Emil Jiménez and Alex MacKay have been hired as fulltime major league umpires. In addition, Major League ...

The Detroit Tigers are one of 13 teams using the automated ball-strike challenge system in spring training. It's about time we use robot umpires.

It has been a constant pain for MLB fanbases when an incompetent umpire is assigned to call games ... linger at around 97% for umpires while strike accuracy is at a measly 88%.

which tracks umpires' ball and strike calls in every MLB game, found he didn’t miss a single call behind the plate of Game 2 of the Astros-Phillies World Series, which the Astros won 5-2.

Among the highest-rated umpires at judging the strike zone ... Hoberg had three close calls at third base that MLB said he ruled correctly on. There were money line bets of $2,000 and $1,000 ...

Though Langford wasn’t aware of the experiment when he arrived at camp, the news was an immediate pick-me-up. Langford had ...

Hoberg, 38, was one of baseball’s best ball-and-strike umpires who gained renown for ... phone records related to calls with Individual A and provided financial and credit card records.

Among the highest-rated umpires at judging the strike zone ... Hoberg had three close calls at third base that MLB said he ruled correctly on. There were money line bets of $2,000 and $1,000 ...