Major League Baseball will implement the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge system (ABS) next year during the regular season and playoffs after Tuesday’s vote by MLB’s Joint Competition Committee.

Major League Baseball's trial of the automated balls and strikes challenge system is experimental no more.

Challenges can only be initiated by a pitcher, catcher, or batter, and the request must come directly after the pitch — so no consultations with anyone over the phone or anything along those lines th...