Major League Baseball’s rule changes for 2023 were a tremendous success. The pitch timer cut 24 minutes off the average time of game. The larger bases and restrictions on defensive shifts helped bring more action to the game.
I don’t particularly like Rob Manfred as MLB Commissioner, but credit where it’s due, he did good here. Really good.
Thursday, MLB announced some changes that more or less tweak what happened last year, clarifying some things and introducing a couple of things that will help prevent circumvention of some of the 2023 rules. These were approved by MLB’s Competition Committee, which consists of six owners, four players and one umpire.