MLB Slide Rule

[Altor]

Originally Posted by bossman72

It seems like it's the same rule though (same as prior to 2016). As long as you're within an arm's length of the base, you can take out the fielder. What am I missing?

Two things.

They have to start their slide before reaching the base and they have to remain on the base. Before 2016, you'd see players start their slide on the base or next to it (within an arms reach), but they ended up on the grass by the time their momentum stopped. That's now an illegal slide.

Also, as Matt said, they can't alter their path to try to make contact.