Starting next February, teams will be able to challenge umpire balls and strikes calls in spring training, regular season and postseason games.

Major League Baseball’s competition committee on Tuesday afternoon approved the introduction of the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, for the 2026 regular season.

The challenge system, which has been used at various levels in the minors since 2021 and all Triple-A games in 2024, was implemented for the first time in spring training games this year and at the Al...