(Photo credit: Mike Lang / Sarasota Herald-Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)Automated ball-strike challenges are coming to Major League Baseball next season. The particulars are pending a Tuesday vote from the MLB competition committee, an 11-person group that includes six team owners, four players and one umpire. The system was tested in spring training and at the 2025 All-Star Game. Teams are more familiar with the system because it was in use for most minor league affiliates the past two years. Many teams used the system in spring training earlier this year.