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Robot umpires to make All-Star Game debut, another step toward possible regular-season use in 2026
FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUL 15 – Major League Baseball tests automated ball-strike system in All-Star Game as part of efforts to enhance strike zone accuracy before possible 2026 season rollout.
- On Tuesday, Major League Baseball will deploy the automated ball-strike system at Truist Park, marking its All-Star Game debut.
- Following minor league trials since 2019, MLB defined the strike zone by precise height percentages, replacing cube-shaped rule book dimensions.
- Then you go back and look at it,' Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes said, highlighting discrepancies, while spring training challenges succeeded 52.2% and Joe Torre voiced approval.
- Following the announcement, the sport's 11-man competition committee will review the system, with Commissioner Rob Manfred anticipating consideration by management representatives.
- 'You couldn't ignore it with all the technology out there,' Detroit's AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal said, reflecting growing player acceptance.
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Inside MLB’s game-changing ABS system and why it appears inevitable
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The future of baseball was quietly on display during Tuesday night’s All-Star Game, and it had nothing to do with the dramatic Home Run Derby finish. The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system — colloquially known as “robot umpires” — made its most high-profile appearance yet, offering a compelling glimpse into what many believe is baseball’s inevitable technological evolution.
A Jewish pitcher was tapped to start the MLB All-Star game. In a menschy move, he gave it up.
Max Fried has been living up to his record-breaking contract in his first season in pinstripes. The New York Yankees’ lanky lefty leads the American League in wins and has the lowest earned-run-average of his career (save the pandemic-shortened 2020 season). His performance made him a natural candidate to start Tuesday’s All-Star game — as did the fact that his manager, Aaron Boone, would be coaching the American League team. Moreover, the game …
Tarik Skubal to open All-Star game for AL for first time in career, Paul Skenes starting for NL
Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes will start his second straight All-Star Game for the National League and Detroit's Tarik Skubal will open for the American League on Tuesday night at Truist Park.Major League Baseball made the announcement Saturday night.Skenes will become the first pitcher to start consecutive All-Star Games since Washington's Max Scherzer and Boston's Chris Sale in 2017 and '18. Sale started three in a row beginning in 2016.Skenes and …
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