San Diego Padres reliever Carter Capps is scheduled to make his return from Tommy John surgery later this month, but he'll have to be extra careful about the way he approaches hitters when he takes the mound.
According to MLB.com's AJ Cassavell, a new MLB rule might have an impact on Capps' delivery, which has always featured a pronounced pivot-foot slide.
The update to Rule 5.07 "formalizes an umpire interpretation by stipulating that a pitcher may not take a second step toward home plate with either foot or otherwise reset his pivot foot in his delivery of the pitch.