A pitch timer, limits on defensive shifts and bigger bases are coming to Major League Baseball in 2023. Following recent experiments in the Minor Leagues, the recently formed Joint Competition Committee voted Friday in favor of three rule changes aimed at improving pace of play, action and safety...
Baseball Season is here, and with it comes some new rules to help put a new spin on America's Favorite pastime.
You’ll be familiar with most of the MLB rules this season. It will still be three strikes for an out and four balls for a walk. It’s still nine innings and nine lineup spots. The team that scores the most runs in a game will win that game 100% of the time. Guaranteed. But w...
Some new rule changes will be hitting Major League Baseball in 2023. After recent experiments in the minor leagues, there will be three new rules in the upcoming MLB season that are aimed to improve the pace of games, intensity and safety at the highest level of the sport. “The rule cha...
Baseball Season is here, and with it comes some new rules to help put a new spin on America's Favorite pastime.
Baseball Season is here, and with it comes some new rules to help put a new spin on America's Favorite pastime.
On December 21, 1949, the Professional MLB Uniform Rules Committee of Major League Baseball convened. Initially adopted the Official Baseball Rules. These guidelines are intended to apply to all levels of baseball, as opposed to the more detailed Major League Rules. Over the years, MLB Uniform ...
Jesse RogersMar 29, 2023, 04:30 PM ETCloseJesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.Follow on XEmailPrintChange has come to the major leagues! We've had a full month of spring training games to see how the new rules that Major League Baseball's competi...
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is introducing some of its most radical rules next season, adopting a pitch clock and limiting defensive shifts after concluding modern analytics created a slower, less entertaining sport. The decisions were made Friday by the sport’s 11-man compet...
Pitchers appearing in the World Baseball Classic this month face an added challenge. The tournament will not have any of MLB's new rules, so they'll have to adapt again when they return to spring training. "I'm going to enjoy the heck out of no clock," Rockies and Te...