Major League Baseball and the league’s Players Association have announced rule changes that begin at the start of the 2019 season.
March 20 (UPI) — Major League Baseball and the Players Association have announced rule changes that begin at the start of the 2019 season. The changes will go into effect over the next two seasons.
Most of the changes deal with speeding up the pace of games, but a pitch timer won’t be added even though it has been tired out during spring training games this year.
What will go into effect this season includes trimming inning breaks and limiting mound visits.
The time of innings breaks will be reduced from 2:05 to 2 minutes in locally televised games, and from 2:25 to 2 minutes in national games.
