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The MLB announces big rule changes affecting the Blue Jays and the rest of the league
The MLB just announced some massive news regarding rule changes for the upcoming 2026 season that will affect the Toronto Blue Jays and all other teams.
There has been a lot of test with new rules over the last few seasons with Rob Manfred in charge one of which was the pitch clock that fans have either loved or hated.
MLB announces ABS system for the 2026 season
The MLB announced this afternoon that starting next season they will incorporating full time the ABS system and each team will get two challenges and will be allowed to keep them if successful.
BREAKING: Major League Baseball will use the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) in 2026.
Each team will get two challenges and can keep them if they're successful.
Each team will get two challenges and can keep them if they're successful.
Major League Baseball will implement a challenge system for balls and strikes in the 2026 season after the league's competition committee voted to usher in the era of robot umpiring. Teams will receive two challenges to dispute calls by the home-plate umpire.
MLB insider Jeff Passan pointed out how this new system will help teams quite a bit with the right calls being made as their is a thousand of calls that are missed every week according to him.
This was last night. There are typically around 1,000 missed calls a week. The ABS challenge system is going to get plenty of use.
Much like the pitch clock, some fans will love that the game is growing with the times and finding ways to adjust to all the errors made while others will prefer the old way where mistakes are part of the game.
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