Gary Sanchez and the new mound visit rule

(Presswire)Last week, MLB announced a series of rule changes designed to improve pace-of-play. There is no pitch clock, but regular season commercial breaks are 20 seconds shorter — I still can’t believe the owners agreed to that — and trips to the mound are now limited. No more frequent chats between the pitcher and catcher.

Here is quick rundown of the new mound visit rules:

Each team gets six non-pitching change mound visits per game, plus one additional mound visit for each extra-inning. Any conference involving the manager, a coach, or another player counts as a mound visit.

After a team exhausts their six visits, any subsequent mound visit by the manager or a coach necessitates a…