On Tuesday, the MLB Joint Competition Committee voted to approve the implementation of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system for the 2026 season. After 150 years of endless complaints about umpires' strike zones, teams will finally have the opportunity to get calls overturned by technology.

MLB’s Joint Competition Committee approved the Automatic Ball Strike (ABS) challenge system – or robot umpires, as the system is referred to colloquially – beginning in 2026.