PEORIA, Ariz. -- Major League Baseball's addition to Rule 5.07 applies universally. But you can bet Padres reliever Carter Capps will be the focal point.
It won't be known for certain until mid-March, when he makes his Cactus League debut, but Capps and the Padres believe that his quirky delivery remains legal under the rule update:
An addition 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.