“I love it,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. “I loved it in spring training. I think, not all the players, but I think most of the players if you ask them, they really liked it, too. I think it keeps everybody accountable. It keeps everybody on their toes.”

Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026.

“Throughout this process we have worked on deploying the system in a way that’s acceptable to players,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.