With Spring Training approaching and negotiations for the next Collective Bargaining Agreement soon to commence, we’re going to start hearing about a lot of league-wide issues in the coming weeks. Last week we learned the trade deadline has been moved back (one day) and that there is some momentum for the DH being adopted in the NL. Here are some more league notes.
More pace-of-play changes coming
According to Joel Sherman, more rule changes to improve pace-of-play are in the works. Nothing is final but MLB and the MLBPA are working towards an agreement.