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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.
Mar 30, 2023 · The pitch clock was instituted in the minor leagues last year, and it brought the average game time down to two hours and 38 minutes from three hours and three minutes in 2021.
May 6, 2021 · • Two other rules that were implemented in 2020 in an effort to minimize the time spent at the ballpark have returned in 2021. First, doubleheaders are once again featuring two seven-inning games. Also, MLB's extra-innings rule is back, meaning that beginning in the 10th, a runner is being placed on second base to begin each half-inning.
Feb 21, 2023 · The new pitch clock is set to 15 seconds as part of the new rule changes for the 2023 season on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Dunedin, Fla. Opening day will feature three of the biggest changes in baseball since 1969: Two infielders will be required to be on either side of second base, base size will increase to 18-inch squares from 15 and a pitch clock will be used.
Mar 1, 2023 · And so far, games are lasting as long as a traditionalist might think they should. The median time of game so far is 2:36, and 22 of the first 65 games were contested in 2:30 or quicker.
- Gabe Lacques
- MLB Reporter
Apr 4, 2021 · More specifically, MLB should ditch the automatic runner and negotiate a new rule with the players -- one that says any game that remains deadlocked after 12 innings shall be a tie in the standings.
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Baseball has been criticized for having long games without enough action. In 2021, an average game set a record at 3 hours 11 minutes — the average was 2 hours 44 minutes in 1985.
