Manfred had the opportunity to draw a line on this issue last year by mandating major suspensions for any club personnel found to break baseball's rules about the use of technology in sign-stealing. A one-year ban; a lifetime ban; whatever. Kenesaw Mountain Landis did this following the ...
"At that time, use of the replay room to decode signs was not expressly prohibited by MLB rules as long as the information was not communicated electronically to the dugout," MLB said in a statement Tuesday. The letter to Cashman did not suggest any real-t...
Except commissioner Rob Manfred's report notes that Cora "did not effectively communicate to Red Sox players the sign-stealing rules that were in place for the 2018 season." So Cora, who was renowned for stealing signs as a player, and would later be implicated as the effective masterm...
MLB strengthened its rules against sign stealing before the 2019 season, instituting procedures attempting to ensure teams did not use video to steal signs. "After we review this new information we will determine any necessary next steps," MLB said in a statement. The Yankeesre-ignited the sign...
MLB strengthened its rules against sign stealing before the 2019 season, instituting procedures attempting to ensure teams did not use video to steal signs. “After we review this new information we will determine any necessary next steps,” MLB said in a statement. Los Angeles Dodgers president...
Trying to decode a catcher’s signs is not illegal, according to MLB rules, so long as no outside or electronic equipment is used. In 2017, MLB issued a warning to all 30 teams that sign-stealing would not be tolerated. The Astros, Manfred said, deliberately ignored MLB...
We talked about different things we'll have to make sure we are able to do differently to adjust to the rules. There's still some gray areas in there. ... In general, we'll have to make some adjustments, on changing signs, things like that. Catchers aren't just going to be able ...
Baseball needs to adapt its rules to modern times. That may be through potential deregulation, allowing teams to do whatever they want with video feeds and signs they pick up during a game, or through greater restriction, a la NFL-style communications and earpieces. ...
Along with the pitch clock and the rules to incentivize base stealing, the league is hoping for a more action-oriented game and better entertainment product. It’s also hoped that this will lead to fewer pitchers undergoing Tommy John surgery or other significant operations that require lengthy ...
The incident bears the hallmarks of a similar situation last month, when MLB fined the Boston Red Sox forstealing signsusing a wearable device. In baseball, players and other team personnel can observe catcher cues to the pitcher in order to determine what kind of throw is...