MLB commissioner Rob Manfred expressed interest Thursday in instituting a 20-second pitch clock in the majors.
“Our view of the pitch clock is that we feel it’s been effective in the minor leagues, we really do,” Manfred told reporters in Houston. “I think when you look at our experience with the effort we undertook last year, and you look month-by-month in terms of where we were in terms of game time. We did really well early and kind of regressed the second half of last year, and certainly this year.”
A pitch clock was first used in Arizona Fall League games in 2014 and expanded to the minors in 2015.