Major League Baseball will continue experimenting with robot umpires during spring training in 2025, with plans to use the challenge system at 13 ballparks which will host 19 teams. If successful ...

Major League Baseball will test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training at 13 ballparks hosting 19 teams, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026.

All players in major-league camp have to have their height measured by mid-February so the automated zone will work properly.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred upheld the dismissal of umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league's rules regarding gambling on baseball.

Although the league found no evidence Pat Hoberg bet on baseball, his friend did so 141 times between 2021 and 2023.

Major League Baseball has terminated umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league's gambling policy. Hoberg was disciplined by ...

Major League Baseball has fired umpire Pat Hoberg after he shared sports betting accounts with a professional poker player ...

Major League Baseball will test the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, this spring training for the first time with ...

MLB has been awaiting an agreement before announcing details of its planned spring training test of the automatic ball-strike system, commonly referred to as robot umpires. “It’s a fair ...

Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on ...

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Umpires Association came to a ... to test its automated ball-strike system during spring training next year. One of the final steps was working ...