The Tampa Bay Rays had a team ERA of 5.17 in Boston in 2018. That’s an abnormally high number considering their total (including 78 innings in Boston) was only 4.29.
With reports that Alex Cora helped facilitate the Astros high-tech cheating system in 2017, then took it to Boston in 2018, we take a look at the potential impact of the James Bond-level spy operations going on in the Al East.
Cora had a video replay room near the dugout hooked into a camera feed from beyond centerfield. The camera was pointed at the catcher and a person monitoring the feed would send a signal to the batter about what type of pitch was coming.