The MLB Is Try To Prevent Cheating.

As opening day gets closer, the league is taking new steps to restore some sanctity to a game thats been overwrought with sign-stealing allegations, conspiracy theories about other types of cheating and whether the league did enough to punish those involved.

Official rules state pitchers cant doctor the ball, yet it happens in virtually every game during the season and players rarely get punished.

Limiting TV/phone use during games: This one is still in the works, but there will be some sort of rule, Verducci writes, about how much access players have to clubhouse TVs and their phones.

Ban engineered substances to doctor ball: Weve heard that MLB will crack down on doctoring the ball with foreign substances, which seems like a necessary step as to not be hypocritical toward cheating.

Specifically, the league wants to ban engineered substances, according to Verducci.