MESA, Ariz. — Major League Baseball wants to know whether computers are better than umpires. When the A’s play the Diamondbacks on Sunday, technology that could fundamentally change the essence of ...

This is the second installment of InsideThePirates weekend debate series. This week Gary Morgan and Jared Martin will be debating whether or not the MLB should use robo umps. Before we get started ...

WORCESTER, Mass. — Trailing Nashville with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, St. Paul Saints first baseman Alex Kirilloff watched the 3-2 pitch go by for strike three. He thought it might have ...

The future of baseball is approaching, and it is approaching fast. On Thursday, the MLB announced that the electronic strike zone would debut in all Triple-A ballparks in 2023 and soon the major ...

The MLB’s competition committee approved the use of the Automated Ball/Strike System for next season, The Associated Press reported. The competition committee is made up of six owners, four players ...

Jimmy Rollins says the MLB should "never" adopt full-time robot umps ... telling TMZ Sports this week the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System is as far as the league should take things. We caught ...

Hawk-Eye tracking cameras are positioned around the stadium. Five cameras are used to track pitches. Additional cameras around the stadium are used to track player position and ball location. Major ...

In the new system, home plate umpires will still be the judge of every ball and strike call, without the assistance of technology. However, each team will receive two challenges to dispute calls by ...

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