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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

It's official: 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 ...
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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 ...