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Atlanta – Minor league baseball players have had the opportunity to become familiar with the automated blows (ABS) system. The Major Leagues players were introduced in spring training, but once the regular season began, the dish failed on whether a launch fell into the Strike area.
The challenge system, which has caused some controversy in the world of baseball, will make its star in the MLB star game on Tuesday.
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A view of a repetition in the Videoboard of an automated challenge of the ball blow system during a game between the Bisons Bisons and the red means of Worcester on May 5, 2023, in Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
The reaction in the days since the MLB confirmed that the system would be used has been mixed. Those who have beloved baseball traditions have expressed frustration or even indignation.
However, Cleveland’s guardians left gardener Steven Kwan, adopted a more measured approach.
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“I think it’s a great addition,” Kwan told Pak Gazette Digital on Monday in Atlanta, the Midsummer Classic host city this year. “I think (we need) more experience with him. We just have to do it in spring training. It is definitely a spring training when you are in the box (batters) with him, but I think, in general, it is a good addition.”
Steven Kwan, from the Cleveland Guardians, during the All-Star training day in Truist Park on July 14, 2025 in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
During the game of the stars, the National League team and the American League Club will be allowed two challenges. If a challenge is used and confirmed, the equipment can retain it. A batter, pitcher or receiver can challenge a ball call.
However, if a player wants to issue a challenge, time is essential. Any challenge must be presented immediately after a strike or is called a ball.
The stars game logo in Truist Park during a game between the Braves of Atlanta and Los Angeles Angels. (Brett Davis-Imagn images)
The AS of the Pittsburgh pirates, Paul Skenes, was one of the high profile players involved in the ABS system.
“The pitchers think that everything is a strike,” Pirates said to journalists in Atlanta on Monday. “Then you come back and look at it, and there are two, three balls away. So we should not be the ones that challenge it. I really like the human element of the game. I think this is one of those things that you think that the referees are great until they are not.”
Skenes seemed to take an indifferent position on the matter, saying that “it could be less importance, in any way, to be honest.”
The ABS system is not expected to participate in regular seasonal games once the All-Star Break ends. The MLB has not revealed any potential calendar to use the system in regular or postseason games, but trying it in the star game seems to be a step towards it eventually becoming part of the game.
