Happy Monday, Athletics Nation!
In November 2019, Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic dropped the bombshell: the Houston Astros made extensive use of electronic equipment to steal signs from opposing pitchers at Minute Maid Park throughout 2017. The news hit extra close to A’s fans because the scandal centered around Oakland’s archrivals in the AL West, and Mike Fiers, a key whistleblower in the matter, was a pitcher for the A’s when the story broke.
On Saturday, the MLB proposed new measures to prevent sign stealing by extending the use of an experimental technology currently being tested in Spring Training and imposing restrictions on sharing scouting information during games.