Teams will only get six "visits" to the mound per a nine inning game, while time between innings and pitcher changes has also been reduced.
PEORIA, Ariz. — Yet another plan for quicker baseball games became official on Monday when Major League Baseball released a set of rule changes for the 2018 regular season. The moves are designed to improve pace of play for games.
The most noticeable of these changes will be a limit of mound visits in a game. A team will only get six visits per a nine inning game. In the case of extra innings, teams will be given one mound visit per extra inning.