MLB Gives Pitchers OK To Call Signals In Spring Training

Major League Baseball will permit pitchers to wear wristbands that will let them signal to the catcher what's coming next this spring training.

The experiment will begin Feb. 24 when exhibition play opens with the Cactus League. All 30 teams are scheduled to be in action the next day.

It's an extension of the PitchCom system that MLB clubs were allowed to employ last season, when catchers could push buttons on their wristbands to call for fastballs, curves, changeups and anything else, along with the location.

The pitcher would then hear the result on an earpiece inside his hat.

MLB will evaluate how things go and then decide whether to approve it for the regular season, executive vice president Morgan Sword said.