"The system, which will use cameras set up around the perimeter of the field to track the location of each pitch relative to the batter's zone, will allow a pitcher, catcher, or batter to request a review to overturn a pitch's judgment by the home-plate umpire. Each team will get two challenges, which must be requested immediately after a pitch. If they're successful, the team can keep them."
"In extra innings, each team will have one challenge if it has used up its previous two. Upon a player's request, the pitch images will be transmitted over T-Mobile's 5G private network to the ballpark's videoboard and to television broadcasts, allowing the viewer at home to see the challenge's results. The ball-strike call will then either be confirmed or overturned, providing a seconds-long interruption."
Major League Baseball will implement an Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system for the 2026 season that uses perimeter cameras to track each pitch relative to the batter's zone. Pitchers, catchers, or batters can request immediate reviews by tapping a hat or helmet; each team receives two challenges and retains successful ones. Dugout assistance and remote help are prohibited. In extra innings, teams get one additional challenge if both initial challenges are exhausted. Pitch images will stream over T-Mobile's 5G private network to ballpark videoboards and television broadcasts. Each review will confirm or overturn the call, creating a seconds-long interruption. Extensive minor-league testing and player preference shaped the challenge-based implementation.
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