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Fans who have been clamoring for MLB to implement robot umpires will have to wait a lot longer than initially anticipated.
Per ESPN, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday that robot umpires are unlikely to be introduced for the 2025 season because “there has not been as much progress in the minor leagues this year as MLB had hoped for.”
However, Manfred provided some details on how an automated ball-strike system could work at the major league level, saying that it would likely be a challenge system.
“There’s a growing consensus in large part based on what we’re hearing from players that the challenge form should be the form of ABS, if and when we bring it to the big leagues, at least as a starting