Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark said Saturday that MLB enacted changes to the pitch clock for the 2024 season despite players having some trepidation about the proposed alterations.
Speaking the decision to cut the pitch clock from 20 seconds to 18 seconds when players are on base, Clark told the Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com) the following: "That's a conversation that should have warranted a much longer dialogue than what we had. We voiced those concerns, players voiced those concerns, and yet, the push through of the change to the pitch clock still happened.