 Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says robotic umpires will make their big league debut next season in spring training as part of a challenge system. Manfred says if the experiment in spring training goes well, robotic umpires, the ABS system, could see regular season action as soon as 2026. The current plan is to use the technology only to challenge balls and strikes. Ironically, something that currently gets a player or manager ejected. Baseball has experimented with this system in the minor leagues since 2019.