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Batters must keep one foot in the batter’s box throughout an at-bat unless game events force them to vacate. Gibbons said league officials cited Toronto’s Jose Bautista as an exemplar. Bautista keeps one foot in the box but still takes time to make adjustments to his batting gloves and helmet.

Managers won’t have to leave the dugout to challenge an umpire’s call. A manager can simply signal the home-plate ump that he is considering a challenge and umpires will co-operate while the team’s video official checks the replay angles, Gibbons said.

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General manager Alex Anthopoulos said he still might be able to accommodate Dioner Navarro’s desire for a trade.

Navarro, last year’s regular catcher, asked to be traded when the Jays signed Russell Martin in November. Anthopoulos has tried to find a club willing to make Navarro its everyday catcher – and give the Jays a fair return – but so far he has been unsuccessful.

“I don’t know that that everyday job is lined up right now for various reasons, but the landscape can change – guys get hurt, guys don’t perform, things can change fast,” Anthopoulos said. “We could do something at the end of spring training, we could do something in the first month of the season, we could do something in the middle of the year or it may not occur at all. You just don’t know.