Major League Baseball is making changes to the rule that allows umpires to check pitchers for foreign substances in 2022.
Per Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci, the league issued a memo to all 30 teams Friday outlining the plan that allows for umpires to inspect the top and bottom of a pitcher's hand during random between-inning inspections.
The umpires are also still allowed to check the pitcher's hat, belt and glove, as was the case last season.
According to Verducci, MLB's memo is a "tacit admission that pitchers began cheating again late last season as they learned workarounds to the routine checks by umpires.