With the pitch timer, defensive shift restrictions and bigger bases, the 2023 MLB season featured arguably the most ambitious series of rules changes since the dawn of the game’s Modern Era. This year’s changes? Much more subtle. But because these modifications will still impact what we’re...
Two on-field rule changes will be implemented beginning this season after MLB’s competition committee unanimously passed them earlier this week. The first involves a modification to the shift rules established prior to the 2023 season. Those rules requi
These incentives could be supported by roster rules that more appropriately regulate the availability of pitchers on a roster or in a team’s bullpen for a given game, including potential changes to the number and frequency of transactions that allow Clubs to replace pitchers on their rosters.”...
Changes include an even shorter pitch clock, a wider lane for runners going to first base, and more rules affecting pitchers. A news release detailed the changes for the 2024 season that were agreed upon by the Competition Committee, which is comprised of six owners, four players, and an um...
How the rules changes for this year have affected the stats
MLB catchers wary of looming robo umps amid rules changes 1 of 7 | Major League Baseball will institute rule changes in 2023 designed to speed up the game,, including pitch clocks and bigger bases to encourage more stealing and make things safer for the players. (Feb 23) (AP v...
Unfortunately, though, most of the projection systems we love to consult before the season don’t account for these changes. So we wondered, which teams might do better or worse than their projections thanks to the new rules? That’s why we created MANFRED, or the Metric for Assessing ...
As baseball has progressed, pitchers have thrown fewer and fewer innings — meaning the number of complete games and intensity of two elite starters going head-to-head has been reduced. The MLB has already tweaked rules to attempt to keep pitchers in the game longer, and the league isreported...
Season prediction: Look for better numbers from Seager with the new rules and perhaps an even higher ranking in 2024 as he tops 30 home runs again and hits much closer to .300. -- Schoenfield 41. Michael Harris II CF | Atlanta Braves No young player had as meteoric a rise in 2022 as...
Season prediction: Look for better numbers from Seager with the new rules and perhaps an even higher ranking in 2024 as he tops 30 home runs again and hits much closer to .300. — Schoenfield CF | Atlanta Braves No young player had as meteoric a rise in 2022 as Harris. While he was ...