TAMPA — Starting on Saturday, many of the Yankees will get their first taste of working with a pitch clock.
MLB is using a 20-second clock in exhibition games with an eye toward implementing the rule in regular-season contests via an agreement with the Players Association or through commissioner Rob Manfred imposing it himself.
No punishment will be handed out for allowing the pitch clock to expire in the exhibition opener Saturday against the Red Sox.
When asked about working with a clock — meant to quicken the pace of the game — most Yankees pitchers didn’t think it would have that big of an effect.