When a new baseball season opens Wednesday night in San Francisco, with the home Giants hosting the New York Yankees, lifelong fans of the national pastime should brace for a dramatic change: the ...

Players can challenge ball-strike calls now, but it may have come at a cost for viewers.

Umpire Ryan Additon watches as a call is challenged using MLB's ABS challenge system during the third inning of a spring training baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Houston Astros ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in ...

For a sport that’s more than 150 years old, the opening of the 2026 Major League Baseball season is set to feature an unusual number of firsts. The official Opening Day on March 26 is the earliest in ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Colorado avoided falling behind when the robot umpire changed Brett Baty’s bases-loaded walk to an inning-ending called third strike in the first, and Jose Quintana got his first win ...