Major League Baseball and the Players Association have exchanged proposals and are actively discussing new rules to help prevent electronic sign stealing, sources with knowledge of the talks said.



Player access to video in-game is expected to be reduced. The question is by how much.



“Really trying to get in talks with players across the league to try to come up with as fair a system as possible,” Nationals ace Max Scherzer told The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal in an interview that aired on Friday night on MLB Network. Scherzer is the Nationals’ representative to the union. “Replay has been in the game and enhances the game, but we’ve seen the unintended consequences of this.”



The sides are not said to be far apart, but it’s unclear how quickly a deal on new regulations will be struck. The goal is to reach an agreement before the regular season. Unlike with other issues, the players and the league are aligned as they...