After dealing with sign-stealing investigations of back-to-back world champions, Major League Baseball was close to agreeing with the union on stricter technology protocols for 2020 that would include isolation of the replay review room, according to a source familiar with those discussions. Those talks were tabled when baseball shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic in March.
The live feed in a replay review room was a key component in discipline handed out by commissioner Rob Manfred against the 2017 Astros and 2018 Red Sox. MLB and the players association were finalizing details on a more secure setting for the room.