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MLB to officially add ABS challenge system for 2026 season

MLB is expected to adopt the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) for the 2026 season, allowing players to challenge a select number of the home plate umpire's ball and strike calls.

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Fans React To MLB Approving Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System For 2026 Season

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Explaining automatic balls and strikes 'robot umpires' system coming to MLB in 2026

'Robot umpires': MLB automated balls and strikes challenge system starts in 2026

Major League Baseball's trial of the automated balls and strikes challenge system is experimental no more.

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MLB approves automated ball-strike challenge system for 2026

MLB will use robot umpires for ball-strike appeals in 2026

'Robot umpires' coming to MLB with ABS challenge system approved for 2026

A majority of players, along with several veteran managers and coaching staffs, have opposed the ABS.

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Boston Red Sox’ Alex Cora on robot umpires in 2026: ‘We’re behind it’

MLB is bringing the ABS Challenge System to the big leagues in 2026