Major League Baseball is looking to cut down on sign-stealing with some unique new technology.
According to Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post, the league was at Washington Nationals camp on Monday as they explore a new communication device that would be worn by pitchers and catchers. The watch would allow a catcher to call a pitch, which would be communicated to the pitcher wearing the same type of watch.
MLB is at Nationals’ camp today workshopping a new communication device for pitchers and catchers. It would allow catchers to type a pitch call (with location) into a watch that is connected to a watch the pitcher is wearing on the mound. An effort to eliminate sign-stealing.
— Jesse Dougherty (@dougherty_jesse) March 18, 2019
It seems a bit strange, but that’s what the testing and workshopping is for. It remains to be seen how pitchers and catchers will adapt or like it.
The league seems to be ramping up efforts to combat sign-stealing, and this is far from the only avenue they’ve considered. This is probably not the last we’ll hear about this sort of thing.
