The game of baseball seems to be trending toward a new era that includes robot umpires. Robot umps are being tested during spring training and they have also been implemented in the minor leagues.

It’s what has made Max Scherzer great. But when he visited Starkville this week to talk about robot umps and the fascinating spring training experiment with the ball-strike challenge system ...

But all you techies out there know different. What this really was, clearly, was Scherzer’s first big-league start with those robot umps lurking. Advertisement It was only a matter of time ...

Umpires were generally perceived to be prefer the challenge system to ceding full autonomy to a computer. Not so, says Manfred. "I think that (the umpires) were more receptive to using (ABS ...

In a situation where a runner beats the throw but runs through the base – excluding first – the umpires can call the trailing runner out for abandoning the bag. These new rules are set while ...

In the spring training battle of pitchers, catchers and batters vs. borderline strike calls from umpires, the players prevailed – but just barely. Major League Baseball’s tryout of a challenge ...

The interview covered multiple topics and included Manfred praising the testing of robot umpires during spring training. He said he’d like to see their use expanded to the regular season soon.

The interview covered multiple topics and included Manfred praising the testing of robot umpires during spring training. He said he'd like to see their use expanded to the regular season soon.