A complete guide to the 2023 rule changes coming to MLB, including a pitch timer, restrictions on infield shifts, bigger bases, and more.
Inside the rule changes • An inside look at how the new rules work• All of your questions about the new rules, answered• A behind-the-scenes look at the pitch timer NEW: Base Sizes Traditionally 15 inches square, bases will now be 18 inches square. Home Plate will remain unchange...
Major League Baseball is introducing a slate of new rules for the 2023 season. Here is a breakdown: PITCH CLOCK
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 changes … have been thoroughly tested and refined for years in the minor...
MLB Rule Changes Pitch Timer Baseball is a sport that prides itself on tradition & clings to unwritten rules like gospel. A large part of the romanticism of baseball is that it’s the only sport played without a clock. “Part of what makes baseball great is not having any clocks on the...
leading to wide-ranging changes in pace of play and on-field action. They include a first-ever pitch clock, the elimination of the shift, bigger bases and a limit to how many times a pitcher can disengage from the rubber.Here's everything you need to know about the new rules, what...
Major League Baseball(MLB) made a few changes as of the 2023 season: Apart from a new schedule format and a pitch clock, all 30 teams will play each other for the first time. Here are all the major updates MLB has made that are continuing into the 2025 season. ...
2023 MLB rule changes: How teams are preparing for the seasonJesse RogersMar 6, 2023, 07:00 AM ETCloseJesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.Follow on XEmailPrintOn the first day of live batting practice atChicago Cubscamp, right-handerAdria...
New MLB rules for 2022 season In addition the the automatic runner in extras, are a few more reported rules that have been introduced for the 2022 season: — Aptly named the "Shohei Ohtani Rule," this new rule dictates that a pitcher who is also in the lineup as the DH (as ...
Major league pitchers and batters aren't the only ones going on the clock this season — big league broadcasters have also been using spring training to adjust to baseball's new rhythm amid a series of rules changes.