Sometime soon -- today preferably or at the GM meetings in November at the latest -- Manfred should issue new rules about information-stealing, with penalties so harsh that no organization would consider fostering a culture of cheating. Landis effected change with lifetime bans, and Manfred shou...
"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-ti...
Stealing signs on the field with one’s eyes is legal. Many organizations have a center-field camera feed for the purposes of studying signs later. That use of a camera has been permissible, and remains permissible so long as the footage and its findings are not used during the game....
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’s orders. ...
The pickoff limits are expected to greatly elevate the base-stealing environment in MLB, which has seen a big decline in stolen-base attempts in the past 30 years. When these rules were in place in the Minors, stolen-base attempts increased by 26 percent. ...
New phone lines connecting the video review rooms and the dugout will be installed and monitored, limiting the ability of teams to steal signs, which is viewed as a contributing factor to the increasing number of mound visits. Rules governing when players can and cannot leave the batter's box...
While rumors about the Astros stealing signs illegally floated around baseball over the past few years, the allegations didn't gain much public traction until November, when ex-Houston pitcher Mike Fiersaccused his former team of using a centerfield camera to steal catchers' signsin a report from...
s 2022 ranking in categories that will be pertinent to the new rules — pitch tempo (which obviously matters for the pitch clock), defensive-shift frequency (since the shift is now outlawed) and sprint speed (since larger bases and restrictions on pickoff throws encourage more base stealing) ...
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 ...
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...