Ian Kinsler said Major League Baseball’s changes on rules for sliding into second base on potential double plays will have a bigger impact on shortstops than second basemen, since making the neighborhood play reviewable affects shortstops who have traditionally run across the bag on double plays rather than staying on it. That said, Kinsler doesn’t see a massive change so much as a clarification to make it less subjective for umpires.
“They organized the rule a little bit, made it a little more descriptive for the umpires and for the players to kind of understand what is obstruction and what isn’t.