Search results
Oct 2, 2024 · What are some new rules impacting timeouts and gameplay in baseball? Recent rule changes include the implementation of bigger bases to enhance safety and action, along with adjusted rules for position players pitching to ensure fairness in the game.
- Games Are Shorter
- Stolen Bases Are Up
- Pitch Violations Haven’T Mattered Much
- BABIP Is Up, But Not Much
The biggest change to the game this year was the introduction of a pitch timer, and it’s had a huge impact on game length. Per Baseball Reference, the average nine-inning game has lasted two hours and 37 minutes this year, down from three hours and three minutes last year. You have to go back to 1985 to find a shorter average game length. Despite t...
You already knew this one. The larger bases and new limit on pickoff throws have combined to unleash a torrent of stolen bases not seen since the 1990s: That graph tells a lot of the story, but the details are interesting as well. It’s not just a story of rampant running in the game; more importantly, runners are getting caught far less often. This...
While the pitch timer has had a huge effect on stealing, it hasn’t had much effect on balls and strikes. Pitchers and batters have both adapted to the new regime quickly, as you can see from our handy pitch violation leaderboards. Joe Musgroveleads baseball in pitch timer violations with six. That’s six pitches that automatically count as balls. Tu...
The shift is dead; long live the shift. One of 2023’s noisiest rule changes was a ban on infield shifting. Teams now have to place two infielders on either side of second base and with both feet starting on the infield dirt. The rule change was a counter to years of increasing overshifts; in 2022, lefties hit more batted balls into a shift than int...
- Ben Clemens
May 11, 2023 · What about some under-the-radar changes or unintended consequences of the new rules? Those exist too. Here are four a bit more subtle changes to the game thanks to the new rules.
Mar 30, 2023 · MLB pitch clock rules. There are a few subsets of rules within the pitch clock designed to make sure it can't be gamed. Maximum two disengagements per plate appearance. One of the...
Mar 1, 2024 · The pitch clock may just be the most significant in-game implementation in MLB history, and Devin Wiles is here to take a look at how it affected pitchers and baseball at large.
May 5, 2023 · Through the first five weeks of the regular season, Major League Baseball’s rules changes are working exactly as hoped. Game times are down, stolen bases are up, batting average has increased...
People also ask
How do timeout rules affect baseball?
Why are timeouts important in baseball?
How do timeouts work in baseball?
Are major league baseball rules changes working?
How have the MLB rules changed over the last two years?
How long is a baseball game in 2021?
Apr 1, 2021 · MLB is implementing rule changes across the majors and minors, including starting extra innings with runners on base in the majors and a 15-second pitch clock in Low A ball.
