New slide rule has left base runners holding the bag

Eddie Rosario slides into second base as Orioles short stop J.J. Hardy waits for the throw in the top of the seventh inning of the Baltimore Orioles' opener against the Minnesota Twins at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore Monday, April 4, 2016. (DYLAN SLAGLE/STAFF PHOTO / Carroll County Times) There has been speculation since the early days of spring training about the impact of the new slide rule that has been adopted by Major League Baseball to better protect middle infielders.

Well, we're finding out. The Toronto Blue Jays lost a game to the Tampa Bay Rays when slugger Jose Bautista and teammate Edwin Encarnacion were both called out after video replay officials in New York ruled…