Team video rooms will be shut down during Major League Baseball games this season, depriving many players of the common habit of reviewing at-bats and pitches in the course of competition.
Major League Baseball shut the rooms over “health and safety concerns,” according to Chris Marinak, MLB Executive Vice president, Strategy, Technology and Innovation. Video rooms typically are designed for group use with multiple computer terminals and monitors in an open setting. Marinak indicated such work stations do not comply with the COVID-19 safety protocols in use this season as part of the 101-page Operations Manual drafted by MLB and the players association.