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1. www.espn.com › mlb › storyWhen, how will robot umps arrive in MLB? Latest on ABS plans

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   Jun 18, 2024 · The league's research showed a strong preference for a system built around a set number of challenges per game, rather than an automated strike zone or the current MLB process of umpires making ...

2. www.cnn.com › 2024/11/21 › sportMLB to test robot umpires as part of challenge system ... - CNN

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   11 hours ago · Major League Baseball (MLB) 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.

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4. www.sportsbusinessjournal.com › Articles › 2024MLB says robot home plate umps unlikely for 2025

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   May 23, 2024 · Multiple implementations of the automated ball-strike system -- ABS, or colloquially referred to as the robot umpires -- had been deployed in the minor leagues, including as high as Triple-A. “Those who have played with it do have a strong preference for the challenge system over the ABS calling every pitch,” he said, “and that has certainly altered our thinking on where we might be ...

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5. apnews.com › article › robot-umpires-mlb-0e656caa19MLB switching to challenge system full-time for robot umpires ...

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   Jun 18, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s top minor leagues are switching to a challenge system full-time for their test of robot umpires. Major League Baseball has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019. It has been used at all Triple-A ballparks this year for the second straight season, the robot alone ...

6. www.cbssports.com › mlb › newsBaseball's 'robo umps' explained: How automated strike zone ...

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   Jun 21, 2024 · The new strike zone is hoped to more closely resemble the strike zone used by human umpires, although the top end is still designed to be lower than the top end of the MLB strike zone."

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7. ftw.usatoday.com › lists › rob-manfred-mlb-automatedRob Manfred confirmed that the automated strike zone is ...

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   Oct 10, 2022 · But the most overdue change of all actually appears to be on the horizon for MLB: Robot umps! Over the past few seasons, MLB has experimented with an automated strike zone (ABS) at the minor ...

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   Will MLB use robot umpires in 2026?

   • Major League Baseball (MLB) will test the use of robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training next year. Major League Baseball (MLB) 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.

   MLB to test robot umpires as part of challenge system at next Spring tra…

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   Can a robot umpire be used in a baseball game?

   • FILE - A radar device is seen on the roof behind home plate at PeoplesBank Park during the third inning of an Atlantic League All-Star minor league baseball game in York, Pa. Baseball’s top minor leagues are switching to a challenge system full-time for their test of robot umpires.

   MLB switching to challenge system full-time for robot umpires

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   Should MLB have a strike zone system?

   • The league's research showed a strong preference for a system built around a set number of challenges per game, rather than an automated strike zone or the current MLB process of umpires making calls without technology. MLB franchise shortstop draft: Does Witt, Henderson or Seager go No. 1?

   When, how will robot umps arrive in MLB? Latest on ABS plans

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   Are robot UMPS on the horizon for MLB?

   • But the most overdue change of all actually appears to be on the horizon for MLB: Robot umps! Over the past few seasons, MLB has experimented with an automated strike zone (ABS) at the minor-league level. And the results have been overwhelmingly positive.

   Rob Manfred confirmed that the automated strike zone is coming to MLB

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   Does MLB have a ball-strike system?

   • Major League Baseball has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019. It has been used at all Triple-A ballparks this year for the second straight season, the robot alone for the first three games of each series and a human with a challenge system in the final three.

   MLB switching to challenge system full-time for robot umpires

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   What is a robo UMP in baseball?

   • For some time now, an automated strike zone -- informally known as the "robo ump" -- has been used at the Triple-A level and on occasion at various other rungs of the minor leagues. Recently, MLB announced plans to use one variation of the automated ball-strike (ABS) system, the challenge system, in all remaining Triple-A games, beginning June 25.

   Baseball's 'robo umps' explained: How automated strike zone works with

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9. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 5516189/2024/05Robot umpires in MLB could have ‘unintended consequences’ to ...

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   May 23, 2024 · One issue is what shape of a strike zone the system would be programmed to recognize. Manfred has said in the past that the strike zone as called by umpires looks more round than one might expect.