Chart: Detailed replay guidelines released by MLB

Major League Baseball released detailed guidelines Thursday for greatly expanding instant replay. Here are the policies that have been approved:

PLAY TYPES

The following play types will be subject to review:

• Home run

• Ground-rule double

• Fan interference

• Stadium boundary calls (e.g., fielder into stands, ball into stands triggering dead ball)

• Tag play (including steals and pickoffs)

• Fair/foul in outfield only

• Trap play in outfield only

• Batter hit by pitch

• Timing play (whether a runner scores before a third out)

• Passing runners

• Record keeping (Ball-strike count to a batter, outs, score, and substitutions)

All other plays will not be reviewable; however, the umpires may still convene on the field at any time to discuss the play.

INITIATION OF INSTANT REPLAY

• Field managers may initiate replay review on one reviewable play per game by verbally indicating his intention to challenge, in a timely manner, to the crew chief. Guidelines will be established to determine whether a challenge is timely.

• If any portion of a challenged play is overturned, the manager who challenged the play will retain the ability to challenge one more play during the game. No manager may challenge more than two plays in a game.

• Once the manager has exhausted his ability to challenge plays during the game and after the beginning of the seventh inning, the crew chief may choose to invoke instant replay on any reviewable call. In that circumstance, the crew chief is not obligated to invoke instant replay if requested by the manager.

• Home run calls that are currently subject to instant replay review will continue to be reviewed at the crew chief's discretion. Managers may request that an umpire review a home run call, but managers cannot challenge home run calls.
REVIEW PROCESS

• Once instant replay review is invoked (either by the manager or the crew chief), the crew chief will signal to the official scorer that the play is under review.

• The crew chief and at least one other umpire will then move to a designated communication location near home plate, where they will have access to a hard-wired headset connected to the Replay Command Center in New York.

• The Replay Command Center will have direct access to video from most cameras in the ballpark in real-time, regardless of whether they are shown on the live broadcast.

• The replay official will look at the video feeds and determine if there is clear and convincing evidence to overturn the call on the field. If the replay official overturns a call on the field, he will also use his judgment to determine where to appropriately place runners if the play had been called correctly on the field.

• The umpires on the field will not have a monitor to review the play and they will not leave the field at any time.

• The replay official will make the ultimate determination of whether to overturn the call. • On-Field personnel may not argue with the decision of the replay official.

CLUB ACCESS TO VIDEO

• Both the home and visiting clubs will have standardized technology to ensure each club has equal access to all video.

• No monitors or additional electronic equipment will be permitted in the dugout.

SCOREBOARD REPLAYS

• Clubs will now have the right to show replays of all close plays on its ballpark scoreboard, regardless of whether the play is reviewed.