The automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system will debut in the All-Star Game, allowing teams to challenge pitch calls. Each team has two challenges, retainable if successful. Fans have shown support for the ABS system, with 72% expressing a positive experience and 69% favoring its continuation. MLB officials will evaluate the system's future later this summer after testing it in minor leagues. The challenge process will include visual replays, with the Hawk-Eye technology assisting umpires in decision-making.
The ABS challenge system will be used during the All-Star Game, allowing each team to issue two challenges, retaining them if successful. Players must indicate a challenge immediately after a pitch.
Polls indicate that 72% of fans felt the ABS system positively impacted their game experience, while 69% expressed a desire to see it permanently implemented in Major League Baseball.
MLB's competition committee will decide on the permanent implementation of the ABS system, which has been tested in minor leagues and spring training in recent years.
Once a challenge is initiated, the pitch will be replayed on the scoreboard for fans, and the home plate umpire will utilize the Hawk-Eye system to assess the call.
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