Dombrowski has no issue with stealing signs

Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski was unfazed Tuesday after details of a Major League Baseball probe into allegations of sign-stealing against his team - with the use of an Apple Watch - were outlined in an explosive New York Times report.

After all, Dombrowski has no qualms with stealing signs, he said.

"No, I don't," Dombrowski told reporters, including WEEI's Evan Drellich, when asked if he thinks stealing signs is wrong. "I guess it depends how you do it."

Roughly two weeks ago, the New York Yankees filed a complaint to the commissioner's office about their division rival - along with a video showing a Red Sox trainer looking at an Apple Watch in the dugout before relaying a message during a game - and MLB investigators later determined that Boston had monitored opponents' catchers. Confronted about the offense by the commissioner's office, the Red Sox didn't deny relaying information gleaned off video replay from the dugout for several weeks.

Still, Dombrowski was cavalier after news of the allegations broke Tuesday, noting that sign-stealing is a part of the game while adding that, in the past, rival GMs have tended to call him directly if they suspect his club has been pilfering signs, per Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald.

Dombrowski, who's cooperated with the league's investigation, according to commissioner Rob Manfred, added that the Yankees are currently being investigated, as well, for allegedly stealing signs electronically.

Asked if he thinks Red Sox employees will be penalized, either internally or by the league, Dombrowski wouldn't say.