Major League Baseball fired umpire Pat Hoberg after it was revealed he shared a legal sportsbook account with a professional gambler. Hoberg appeal ...

Bailey, a Gold Glover, isn't a fan of the ABS system. "I think it's going to change the game a lot more than people realize." ...

PHOENIX — The robo ump could kill K-Zone. On Thursday, Major League Baseball will employ what it calls the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, in a big-league spring training game for the ...

The system is capable of pinpointing where the ball was in relation to the strike zone as it crosses the plate. It is similar to the line-calling system used in tennis. The minor leagues have been ...

Viewers of broadcast feeds will also see the same replay, according to MLB, which said its research revealed that a strike zone challenge typically added 17 seconds to a game. When used during ...

The pitch was called a ball, but it was close, right on the edge of the strike zone. For an instant, Diamondbacks pitcher Corbin Burnes and catcher Gabriel Moreno just stood there, looking at each ...

But last week’s developments — Major League Baseball’s test of the automated strike zone, and the possibility of this rule change taking effect in regular season games as early as 2026 or ...

The ABS system features a strike zone that is seventeen inches wide—the width of home plate—and it stretches from 53.5 percent of a player's height at the top of the zone to 27 percent of ...