Baseball is one of the few sports in the world that doesn’t depend on some sort of time limit. Well, Yankees fans, it appears MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is doing what he can to change all that.
This spring, both Grapefruit League games in Florida and Cactus League contests in Arizona will feature a 20-second pitch clock.
Initially instituted in Double-A and Triple-A back in 2015 as a way to speed up the pace of play, Manfred aims to get big leaguers accustomed to the change and hopefully gain the MLB Players Association’s approval on implementation of the “shot clock.