They are permitted to use a challenge whenever they'd like to challenge a ball or strike call; the ABS, or the robot umpires, will determine whether the pitch was indeed a ball or a strike.

A batter, pitcher or catcher may contest an umpire’s ball-strike call, and ask a computer using a pitch-location system known as Hawk-Eye to decide whether the ump’s call was correct.

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