Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever ...

The Detroit Tigers are preparing for MLB's new automated ball-strike challenge system coming in the 2026 season, focusing on ...

Baseball has survived scandals, rule changes, and generational shifts, but few topics have split the sport like the push toward an automated strike zone. What began as a quiet experiment in the minor ...

PEORIA, Ariz. — Major League Baseball first defined a strike zone in the late 1880s, when the game shifted away from a batter ...

With the Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system in line to be fully integrated in Major League games at the start of next season, it will mark the biggest rule change the sport has seen since ...

Major League Baseball is being extra cautious with the new Automated Ball Strike Challenge System going into effect this season. The Chicago Sun-Times reported last week that MLB broadcasts will not ...

Isaac Paredes has had 198 called strikes on pitches outside the strike zone in the last three seasons and could benefit from ...

TEMPE, Ariz. — A few times through the middle innings of the Angels’ game on Tuesday, a hitter would disagree with an umpire’s call, and then glare into the ...

Pictured: Brady Singer (right) and Joe Ryan Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Scott Taestch, Dylan Buell / Getty Images The robot umpires are here. Sort of. Under the Automated Ball-Strike ...

Nov 9, 2025; Mesa, AZ, USA; MLB umpire Felix Neon during the Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game at Sloan Park. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Baseball has survived scandals, rule ...