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Major League Baseball and the Players' Association found a common ground on changing the rules for an intentional walk in 2017, with ESPN's Howard Bryant reporting on Tuesday the free pass will be issued with the use of a signal from the dugout.
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin is one of those in the MLBPA who does not like changing this particular rule, per Shi Davidi of SportsNet.ca:
By no means are intentional walks automatic, until now. Now they are. So they’re speeding up the game.