NEW YORK — Baltimore Orioles backup catcher Maverick Handley left Sunday’s 4-2 loss to the New York Yankees after being knocked over in a collision at the plate with Jazz Chisholm Jr. “He got hit ...

The catcher is not permitted to block the runner's path to the plate unless he is in possession of the ball. The runner can be ruled safe if the umpire determines the catcher violated this rule.

Made The Cut We just saw one of the most brutal catcher collisions you'll ever see Posted: January 23, 2026 | Last updated: January 24, 2026 Wishing Maverick Handley a quick and complete recovery!

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Retired World Series-winning catcher Bob Boone has a CD with 60 video clips of home-plate collisions that resulted in injuries. None of those happened in the past two seasons since Major League ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. As former big league catchers, Bob Melvin ...

Major League Baseball instituted a new rule (7.13) this season that was designed to protect catchers from dangerous and unnecessary collisions at home plate. The "Buster Posey Rule" -- as it has been ...