The pitch was called a ball, but it was close, right on the edge of the strike zone. For an instant, Diamondbacks pitcher ...

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt tried to pull a fast one on MLB's new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system on ...

There are no immediate plans to introduce the system in regular-season games yet. Questions remain about how large a role it ...

It's not quite robo umpires but hitters and pitchers can challenge balls and strikes calls by umpires in certain stadiums ...

Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) will be used in eight Atlanta Braves games this spring.

David Festa drew a few swings-and-misses with his sinker, a new pitch for him, during live batting practice sessions, but ...

Robot umpires have arrived in the big leagues, at least in exhibition games. The Cubs and World Series champion Dodgers ...

As the St. Louis Cardinals open Grapefruit League play vs. Miami, they'll play their first of 24 games this spring with the ...

— Dane Dunning, trying to bounce back from an awful season that saw him lose his spot in the rotation and eventually be ...

The ABS uses a network of cameras installed in stadiums to track each pitch and determine whether it crosses home plate within the strike zone. The ...

In the fifth, speedy D-backs utilityman Garrett Hampson singled, advanced on a grounder and stole third. With one out, ...