Pitchers now have 15 seconds to throw to batters if the bases are empty, and 20 seconds if there are runners on base. Such a seemingly small change is revolutionary for a sport famous for its lackadaisical pace
”. The chaotic knockout competition is famous for its dramatic upsets. But this year, quite uncharacteristically, baseball has stolen headlines and eyeballs with some very welcome chaos of its own.
No longer. Pitchers must now work on a tight schedule, and batters can only call one time-out each time they step up to the plate. Rather than resisting the change, or complaining, some pitchers are embracing it. In a game against the Washington Nationals, Max Scherzer, a veteran pitcher with the New York Mets, tried to throw to batters as soon as the clock began to count down, depriving them of any time to prepare themselves. “Now I can actually dictate pace,” he explained after the game.
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