We’ve talked about the topic of a ball-and-strike challenge system here many times. It’s being used in the minor leagues this year, has been tested over quite a few seasons in various minor leagues, and was used in about 60 percent of Spring Training games this year.

Rob Manfred Makes Major MLB Announcement on Wednesday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Umpires have had complete authority over all types of calls for the majority of MLB's history. The league first instituted a replay system focusing on disputed home run calls in August 2008 before introducing wider-scale managerial challenges in 2014.

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred acknowledged on Wednesday that he intends to submit a proposal to the league's competition committee this offseason that would implement the automated ball-strike challenge system ahead of Opening Day 2026,