Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them. Starting in ...

Home Plate Umpire Brian Walsh uses an earpiece to hear the electronic notification as to weather a pitch was a ball or a strike by the ABS system during a AAA minor league baseball game.

Last spring the 48-year-old Pawol, who attended umpire school in 2015 and began umpiring in the minors in 2016, became the ...

Major League Baseball has introduced several new rules in recent seasons, but perhaps the most significant one is being ...

Batters, pitchers and catchers can challenge a home plate umpire’s ball or strike call. Powered by Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, the automated ball-strike system replays the pitch trajectory to ...

Extra bases: Center fielder Jackson Merrill ran 90 feet with his back to the plate and made an over-the-shoulder basket catch ...

Home plate umpire Brian deBrauwere, left, huddles behind Freedom Division catcher James Skelton, of the York Revolution, as the official wears an earpiece during the first inning of the Atlantic ...

The automated ball-strike system (ABS) has been used for minor league games, but it's getting rolled out for the first time in the big leagues during spring training.

Major League Baseball fired umpire Pat Hoberg after it was revealed he shared a legal sportsbook account with a professional gambler. Hoberg appeal ...

MLB is giving players and managers a taste of the automated ball-strike system as the league weighs whether to fully implement it.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.