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MLB robot umpires, explained: What to know about baseball's ABS challenge system and how it will be used in 2026

MLB will be using the ABS challenge system throughout the entire 2026 season. Robot umpires - also called "automated balls and strikes" (ABS) - have been used in the minor leagues and during the 2025 ...
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A spring training’s worth of the automated ball-strike challenge system: Are robot umps coming to MLB?

The New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed how to confidently use the still-in-trial Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) in a spring training game against the Boston Red Sox last week – so ...
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MLB to test robo-ump challenge system at spring training, could implement it league-wide in 2026

Robot umpires are officially knocking on the door of MLB. Commissioner Rob Manfred told The Athletic's Evan Drellich on Wednesday that the league will test an automated ball-strike challenge system in ...
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Robo-umps: MLB All-Star Game to feature ABS challenge system

July 9 (UPI) --MLB will use the automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system -- often referred to as robo-umps -- at the 2025 All-Star Game on Tuesday in Atlanta, a source familiar with the ...