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MLB \'robot umpire\' era opens, 54 percent of calls overturned in opening week
Major League Baseball’s automated ball-strike system, officially introduced from the 2026 season, is reshaping games from the first week. In the first four days, there were 124 challenges across 35 games and 67 decisions were overturned. Each team gets two challenges per game, retained if successful. Early figures show walks per team rising to 3.7 per game, while strikeout rate is largely unchanged.
