“If they create a robot umpire that calls every strike exactly right,” the late, very entertaining baseball umpire Ron Luciano once said, “hitters will never let it survive. Whenever it makes a call ...

Nobody likes getting called out at work — especially when doing so happens on a JumboTron in front of tens of thousands of folks. Some MLB umpires are “stewing” about the new Automated Ball-Strike ...

MLB umpires began calling fewer borderline strikes in 2025, even before the ABS Challenge System was implemented. The rate of called strikes in the shadow zone dropped sharply from 2022 levels, ...

As the 2026 MLB season races into May, the ever-shifting standings aren't the only thing we're paying attention to. There's also the game within the game -no, not Framber Valdez vs. everyone else on ...

As the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System completes its inaugural month in the 2026 MLB season, home-plate umpires face unprecedented scrutiny over their challenge overturn rates. Early data ...

The ABS Challenge System was coming in 2026. Everyone around baseball knew that. The impending arrival of a system that was going to prove or more importantly, disprove, an umpire's call changed the ...