According to The Athletic, MLB changed how its home plate umpires are evaluated on their calls of balls and strikes. MLB’s change? Shrinking the strike zone. Home-plate umpires have long been ...

After a largely successful test run during spring training, the implementation of a computer-assisted strike zone feels ...

“Every (umpire) across the league ... Matt Strahm said of the change. “I thought everything was going to be normal after spring (training, when MLB tested an electronic ball-strike challenge ...

MLB will be using robot umpires in spring training this year / Kiyoshi Mio ... A successful challenge will change the call and teams will be able to keep the challenge. A failed attempt, though ...

Its use during spring training is a test to see if there is a role for technology alongside the traditional human umpires ... rule changes has sped up since Rob Manfred took over as MLB ...

On a special episode (first released on March 21, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Technology and tradition are converging this spring training as AI-based umpires are tried out as part of MLB's ...

Add umpires ... After spring training, the league will talk with players to see whether the system is ready for prime time. This is just the latest rule change for Major League Baseball.

This year, once spring training has concluded, MLB will solicit feedback ... each of which would change the dynamics between ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech ... system in which the human umpire makes each original call. Data from the spring training test could cause MLB to make alterations ...

And there are potentially more disruptive changes on the horizon ... Start with the 56 candidates at MLB Umpire Prospect Development Camp. This is a training ground that did not exist a few ...

Major League Baseball will test the use of robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training next year, with the aim of implementing the system in the 2026 regular season.The ...