Starting in the 2026 season, Major League Baseball players will be able to challenge called balls and strikes in regular and postseason games for the first time. The widely expected adoption of the ...
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The Challenge System

Next season, umpires will continue to make ball-strike calls. A challenge system will be added. Pitchers, catchers, and batters will be allowed to challenge ball-strike calls. Each review will take ...
Major League Baseball's trial of the automated balls and strikes challenge system is experimental no more. The "robot" umpires are coming to MLB starting next season. The league announced on Tuesday, ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Technology aiding ball and strike calls in Major League Baseball may not be a matter of if, but when. “I know in the future it’s coming,” Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña ...
The New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed how to confidently use the still-in-trial Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) in a spring training game against the Boston Red Sox last week – so ...
Starting in the 2026 season, Major League Baseball players will be able to challenge called balls and strikes in regular and postseason games for the first time. Everything to know about the MLB's ...