For the first time, MLB will have a clock. That's just one of three new rules this season.
According to Major League Baseball, fan research has indicated that the ideal length of games is 2:30. So years ago, the league sat down with hundreds of potential rule changes aimed at achieving that objective.
“The pitch timer is — by far — the biggest change that’s coming this season,” MLB executive vice president Morgan Sword said in a rules demonstration at Salt River Fields on Tuesday. “Frankly, it’s probably the biggest change that’s been made to baseball in most of our lifetimes.” During the second week in which the system was in use, there were an average of 1.73 violations per game . By week five, that number was down to 0.73. In the season’s final week, it was 0.41.
To avoid a violation, pitchers must begin their motion before the clock hits zero, which will set off a buzzer in a special belt worn by umpires. Failure to do so will result in an automatic ball. One ancillary effect of the rules in the minor leagues was that, with pitchers being restricted by a timer and disengagement limits, stolen base attempts went from 2.23 to 2.81 per game — a reversal of two decades’ worth of teams shifting away from base stealing. The success rate leaped from 68% to 78%. Fan research has indicated that stolen bases are among the most popular plays in the sport.
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