BRADENTON — Major League Baseball may soon begin the “Upon further review” portion of its balls and strikes calls. After spring training wraps up next week, MLB’s competition committee will begin ...

MLB will be using robot umpires in spring training this year / Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images This year's MLB spring training could prove more consequential than any in years past as MLB will experiment ...

Brett Sullivan caught a couple of games at the University of the Pacific, but he didn’t truly move behind the plate until 2016, his second year in the Tampa Bay Rays system. The 30-year-old veteran ...

When the first spring training games begin this week, something new will be in use: an automated ball-strike umpiring system. After years of trials in the minor leagues, it gets a major league test.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball could test robot umpires as part of a challenge system in spring training next year, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026. MLB has been ...

The offseason is over and spring training has arrived. Pitchers and catchers will report to spring camps across Arizona and Florida this week, and the first exhibition game (Cubs vs. Dodgers) will be ...

FORT MYERS, FLA. – Harrison Bader watched a called third strike during a live batting practice session at Hammond Stadium on Thursday, and the group of hitters behind him started hollering at him.

PHOENIX — For more than 150 years, the game of baseball has relied on humans behind home plate to call balls and strikes. This spring, for the first time in Major League history, players will be able ...

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The proposed system would allow each team two challenges per game to review pitch calls, with successful challenges retained. Data and feedback from players, coaches, and umpires who experienced the ...