Small changes are coming to Major League Baseball this season with bigger ones arriving in 2020 the league announced Thursday.
One of the most significant alterations for the 2020 season will affect pitching. Starters and relievers will be required to face a minimum of three batters or to end a half-inning, except for “incapacitating injury or illness.”
Also coming in 2020, each team’s pitching staff on an active roster will be capped at a number that will be decided on by a committee of MLB and the players’ association. Teams will be required to designate players as a pitcher or position player before each player’s first day on the active roster.