The 11-person Joint Competition Committee is made up of six owners, four players and an umpire. Sherman explained that since the owners have the majority and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred "has been strongly in favor of implementing" an ABS System, "the belief has been that the legislation will pass." The ABS system has been used in various levels of the minor leagues since 2021. Now that it's official, the ABS system will eliminate one of the biggest sources of debates in baseball. Automated calls will leave no room for controversy, and there won't be any managers or players arguing with the electronic system.