San Francisco Giants fans may notice a notable change in terms of how the team operates on the field on Opening Day, and, no, we don’t just mean the new player they’re starting in left field for the 15th consecutive season.
The Giants are one of the reportedly-about-half of MLB squads that will be trying out a device known as PitchCom. It’s a new piece of technology that allows catchers to communicate with pitchers electronically through a transmitter that sends an electronic signal to a bone-conduction earpiece. The goal is to reduce the amount of sign-stealing in the Majors, particularly in the wake of the Houston Astros sign-steal scandal.