An 18-second pitch clock is being used in the Arizona Fall League. I’ve attended two AFL games and the game times were 2:21 and 2:31, throwbacks to 1980s-length games. That’s anecdotal data, of course, but I will tell you the games feel faster. The pace of play moves right along, there’s no incessant stepping out by batters or stepping off by pitchers. And the second of the two games I attended had a score of 11-10, so it’s not like the pitch clocks are affecting putting balls in play or scoring.
Baseball America’s Kyle Glaser spoke to 19 MLB general managers about the pitch clock at the GM meetings in Carlsbad, California this week and the overwhelming majority thought it was a good idea.