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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Umpires will call every pitch at spring training, but teams can challenge ... and the system via iPads in the dugout, helping MLB change and enhance the system. The result could be a use of ...

The umpire then announces the updated count. MLB estimates the process averages 17 seconds. MLB has installed the system in 13 spring training ballparks ... and only small changes in strikeout ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...