We’re only a few days into the 2026 Major League Baseball season, and the new robo-judges, which players can use to overturn calls, have already led to some incredible moments, an ejection, and a lot of crowd cheering as umpires get called out for being wrong.
As reported by 404 Media, the MLB has a player-controlled Automated Ball-Strike system (ABS) this season that lets a player tap on their hat shortly after a call to challenge the umpire. How it works is that a batter gets ready, the pitcher throws a pitch, and the umpire calls a strike or ball like usual. But it’s here that things differ from a century of play, as the batter, catcher, or pitcher can point to their head to signal to the…