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The San Diego Padres engaged in a brief verbal altercation with multiple umpires after the team’s 2025 MLB postseason run came to an end with a Game 3 loss to the Chicago Cubs in their National League Wild Card Series, per Dennis Lin of The Athletic. After home-plate umpire D.J. Reyburn called strike three on Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts in …

The Padres went out with a whimper offensively, but they sure didn’t hold back on the umpires after their season ended. Video emerged showing one Padres player screaming at the umpires and another joining in after the controversial called strikeout against Xander Bogaerts that played a role in San Diego’s season-ending 3-1 loss to the Cubs on Thursday in Game …

In today’s 3 Things I Think video, I’ll give you a tease of how the AL MVP race may shake out between Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh. There are a couple of stats that you may not be thinking about. Plus, the season Max Fried is having for the Yankees is reminding me of another former lefty signing who did …

Major League Baseball will use so-called robot umpires at home plate beginning in 2026, the league announced today. The system has been tested in minor league games (as explained in this video, included below), spring training, and events like the 2025 All-Star Game. The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) is seen as a fairer, more accurate way to call when a …

NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be introduced in the form of a challenge system in which the human umpire makes each call, which can be appealed to the computer. Robot umpires have been …

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 the major leagues in 2026. Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and get additional appeals in extra …

Major League Baseball will implement a challenge system for balls and strikes in the 2026 season after the league’s competition committee voted Tuesday to usher in the era of robot umpiring. Following years of testing in the minor leagues, as well as during spring training and at this year’s All-Star Game, MLB forged ahead with a system that will give …

MLB’s Joint Competition Committee approved the Automated Ball Strike (ABS) system for the 2026 season on Tuesday. The committee is made up of 11 — six owners, four players and an umpire. Because MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has been strongly in favor of implementing ABS and there are six owners (a majority) on the committee, the belief was that the …

The ninth inning of the New York Yankees‘ 8-4 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday night was delayed after umpires confiscated a bat used by Astros outfielder Taylor Trammell. After Trammell doubled, Yankees manager Aaron Boone asked officials to check his bat. Both managers talked to plate umpire Adrian Johnson, and he then talked to the replay office in …

A crying child in the stands turned what should have been pure tennis drama into something far more complicated. Emma Raducanu and World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka were locked in an exhausting Cincinnati Open thriller when the disruption began, and what happened next sparked a heated debate about crowd control, parenting, and whether a chair umpire went too far. How …