Posted on 02/12/2020 6:13:37 PM PST by mcenedo
Major League Baseball announced a series of new rules for the 2020 season, headlined by pitchers being subject to a three-batter minimum. That rule will be officially implemented during spring training on March 12.
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I wonder if there will be fake injuries after one batter.
Maybe we should ask the Astro's.
Is it true that Rubbermaid is the official trash can of the MLB for 2020?
For a long time I advocated a three-pitcher limit per game.
I’m not for this at all. They’ve already mucked with the game enough.
Does it have to be three concurrent batters or just three batters across 9 innings?
I mean what if the tean already has two outs and they bring in a relief pitcher? You can’t bring in a relief pitcher because if they get the next batter out there’s no 2nd and 3rd batter?
Starting pitchers?
Favorite strategic play, to this day:
Not good. Silly and unnecessary.
Any pitcher - you won’t be able to bring in a pitcher for a single match-up (ie, Lefty-Righty) without the pitcher having to pitch to two more batters - though I do think it shouldn’t go beyond the end of an inning.
Ah....I’ve seen more than a few starting pitchers not make it out of the 1st inning, so then what?
That can give the team batting a real advantage when a manager subs a lefty for a righty at the plate with 2 men on in a tight ballgame.
Once you leave the game you can not re-enter.
So, if a relief pitcher comes in, he has to face at least three batters. I would think that in the 9th, that you could replace at will.
THis certainly changes the makeup of the bull pen and how you may pull the trigger on a relief. You have 2 outs, and a man on 2nd and their slugger coming to the plate (and your pitcher coming to the plate in your next at bat) You yank the starter place in a setup guy for one batter make the out, and then pinch hit for him at the next at bat.
This rule precludes that. The pitcher has to come to the plate in the next inning because he hasn’t face three.
What about sign stealing? Is that still okay?
It could end the careers of relievers who specialize in getting lefties or righties out.
It’s not 3 outs—it’s 3 batters
Maybe a new rule change for MLB is a 5 second delay on all TV Cameras in every stadium.
Three batter minimum, not three outs.
Gotcha, thanks.
It's 3 batters or a third out, whichever comes first.
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