There will be no pitch clock. There will be no in-between at bats timer either or whatever it was going to be called. Phew.
Via MLB’s press release this afternoon: “The Commissioner has decided to defer the implementation of a pitch timer and a between-batter timer in 2018 in order to provide players with an opportunity to speed up the game without the use of those timers.”
So, fix it yourselves, players, or maybe it will happen eventually, is the message, I guess.
Washington Nationals’ ace Max Scherzer, who was involved in the discussions about the potential changes to the pace of play rules this winter, told reporters, as quoted by The Washington Post’s Jorge Castillo earlier this month, that he didn’t think a pitch clock was the answer anyway.