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A Defector column argues MLB’s automated ball-strike challenge (ABS) could become entertaining theater, emphasizing its quick ~15 second resolution and limited impact on game length, while also wondering how teams and players will actually deploy and respond to challenges.
In an 8-6 loss to the Orioles, Minnesota Twins manager Derek Shelton became MLB’s first skipper ejected for arguing a robot-umpire decision during an Automated Ball-Strike challenge, after disputing the three-second review window that produced a strikeout and ended the Twins’ late rally, signaling baseball’s shift toward AI-assisted officiating.
During MLB’s opening day, the Automated Ball-Strike System overturned a ninth-inning call in the Reds–Red Sox game, and in its first games logged a 61.3% success rate in overturning calls, signaling promising but still early reliability for robo-umps.
In a 2-1 World Baseball Classic semifinal win for the United States over the Dominican Republic, two blown strike calls—including the final pitch to Geraldo Perdomo—drew scrutiny of umpiring and sparked renewed discussion about MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike system (ABS), which is expected to be adopted in future MLB seasons and could eventually reach the WBC.