No arguing with the numbers

Since MLB introduced replay review in 2008, the average number of manager ejections has fallen about 15% compared with the prior decade-plus: an average of 222 managers were ejected each season between 1995 and 2007, versus 174 in 2025. With the new ABS ball-strike challenge system in play, only 26 managers had been ejected through roughly a quarter of the 2026 season.