MLB could use on-field technology to prevent sign stealing after Houston Astros scandal

Major League Baseball (MLB) officials are looking at possible alternatives to avoid sign-stealing after latest scandal involving Houston Astros broke out. MLB is deliberating an on-field techlogy for communicating pitch calls and plans to start lobbying feedback from players this spring training. Reports suggest that commissioner’s office is in process of developing a proto device to encode communication between pitcher-catcher including a wearable random-number generator and lights in mound.

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MLB looking at ways to prevent sign stealing after Houston Astros scandal

paraia regarding sign-stealing exists way before Houston Astros scandal alleged trashcan us in 2017. Houston Astros’ alleged sign-stealing system was as blatant as it was uncomplicated. Someone in a dugout with access to game feed would bang on a trashcan to signify an off-speed pitch. Signs have become complicated over years, with Washington Nationals using a rotating sequence of frequently changing multiple signs in ir World Series game against Astros.

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MLB developing wearable techlogy to tackle sign stealing

According to American media reports, a league source ds consideration for any pitch-calling techlogy is ability to accommodate coaches dictating pitches from dugout could be a rm in foreseeable future. Conversation with commissioner's office regarding development of techlogy to prevent sign stealing and has been in motion for more than a year w. MLB h implemented stringent rules to avoid video feeds around ballparks in February last year, with many ackwledging that a long-term fix for sign stealing would likely require overhauling old-fashioned methods of calling game.

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MLB examining Astros sign stealing, to dole out strict punishments

MLB is examining Houston Astros for ir alleged sign-stealing scandal and are looking to dole out punishments intended to deter sign stealers furr. One of devices in progress is a wearable random-number that links to which sign in a sequence is relevant. It would preserve existing dynamic of a catcher putting down a warning for interpretation by pitcher, but cover it with a level of secure encryption that would be practically impossible to decipher even with a committed software pack.

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Alternatively, in-ground lights on mound could substitute finger system. catchers would have access to a control p that corresponds to a lighting panel visible only to pitcher like a specific button for a particular light sequence for a certain pitch. With all se suggestions, it would be prudent to see how changes would affect pace of play. MLB hopes to eliminate requirement of complicates sign sequences despite concerns around connectivity and operation of various systems smoothly.