MLB mulls new limits on live video

Major League Baseball intends to impose new limits on what live video is available to teams, and Commissioner Rob Manfred hopes to complete his investigation into alleged electronic sign stealing by the Red Sox before spring training camps open next week.

“I think you should assume that before the season starts we will have new guidelines with respect to the use of video equipment,” Manfred said Thursday after an owners meeting in Orlando, Florida. “I think we have too much video available in real time right now.”

After ex-Astros pitcher Mike Fiers told The Athletic in November that the team used a video camera to steal the signs of opposing catchers in 2017 and 2018, Manfred last month suspended Astros manager AJ Hinch and GM Jeff Luhnow for one season, fined the Astros and stripped them of their first- and secondround drafts picks in 2020 and 2021.

Hinch and Luhnow were fired the same day, and the scandal led to the departures of Red Sox manager Alex Cora, the Astros’ bench coach during its 2017 title run, and Mets manager Carlos Beltran, an Astros player that season.

MLB is investigating an allegation the Red Sox broke sign-stealing rules in 2018, when Cora led the team to the championship in his first season as manager.

■ RHP Jose Berrios lost to the Twins in salary arbitration. Berrios, 25, who was 14-8 with a 3.68 ERA in 32 starts last season, will be paid $4,025,000 rather than his request of $4.4 million . ... The Dodgers re-signed INF Max Muncy to a three-year contract worth $26 million, according to reports. Muncy, 29, hit .251 with 35 HRs and 98 RBIs in 141 games last season.

Golf:

Nick Taylor opened with an eagle and closed with two birdies to shoot an opening-round 8-under 63 at Monterey Peninsula and take a two-stroke lead at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif. Patrick Cantlay (Spyglass) and Chase Seiffert (Pebble) were tied for second . ... Alejandro Canizares of Spain and Madelene Sagstrom of Sweden and Haeji Kang of South Korea led the men’s and women’s Vic Open in Australia.

NFL:

As expected, six-time Pro Bowl S Eric Weddle retired after 13 seasons. Weddle, 35, spent the first nine years of his career with the Chargers before three with the Ravens and last season with the Rams.

Soccer:

La Liga leader Real Madrid and two-time defending league champ Barcelona were both eliminated in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. Real Sociedad beat host Madrid 4-3, ending the club’s 21match unbeaten streak. Athletic Bilbao scored in extra time to edge visiting Barca 1-0 . ... MLS and its players reached agreement on a new five-year collective bargaining agreement.