Overview
- Justin “Boomer” Prinstein was dismissed after he was seen using a cellphone to record Colorado Rockies coaches from the scouts' section at Coors Field in the days before the Angels hosted Colorado for a June 1–3 series.
- A Rockies staff member reported the recording to Major League Baseball, which alerted the Angels and prompted then–GM Perry Minasian to fire Prinstein and apologize to Rockies executives Paul DePodesta and Josh Byrnes.
- MLB concluded the scout acted on his own initiative, so the league will not penalize the Angels, according to multiple reports based on The Athletic’s reporting.
- Reporters say the precise content and purpose of Prinstein’s footage remain unknown, and Prinstein has not publicly explained why he recorded the coaches.
- The episode highlights MLB’s tighter rules on using personal electronics to record or decode signs since the Astros scandal and shows how clubs now move quickly to self-police to avoid formal league sanctions.