Major League Baseball (MLB) they were doing reduce the duration of matches and his main bet on it wasFeeding hours that will start to apply this season.
What sets the pitch clock rule?
With a pitch clock pitchers have 15 seconds make a throw, time that will increase to 20 seconds when there are runners in the bases.
In the event that the pitcher exceeds this time limit, he will is punished with a ball in favor of the batter.
Max Scherzer gives an example of how the new “pitch timer” is easy to get used to:
It took him 27 seconds to hit the batter. 👀⚾️ pic.twitter.com/rbuHAarmYR
— Passion Baseball ⚾️ (@Pasionbaseball) February 26, 2023
Batsmen will also have to adjust to complying with this rule, which gives the offensive player a 30 seconds to introduce yourself to the plate between at-bats.
The dough should also be ready. collide with the pitcher before the clock strikes eight seconds, if it exceeds it will fined “strike” against him.
The first to fall victim to this position in preseason games was a Dominican playing from third base. Manny Machado, which on February 25 in a match between San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners When He wasn’t ready to face lefty Robbie Ray when the clock reached eight seconds.
Machado was immediately fined with a strike.Although, in that turn he shot undeniably.
To make it easier to use, Each MLB stadium will have two clocks located behind the batter’s box. on either side of the judge and two more located in the gardens, in addition to this, the judges are equipped with a system responsible for informing them of the time on the clock.
Pros and cons of hours
Like any new rule in a sport like baseball, it created reactions for and against its use.
stellar like Zach Wheeler or Andrew McCutcheon to understand that clock rule is very invasive And it greatly speeds up the game.
Others like embossed pitcher casewho tend to start the serve in situations where the game is at stake, believe that the clock represents another element of pressure on him.
Bye Max Scherzer and Aaron Judge think that serving hours give them advantages they may not have had before.
Scherzer indicates that clock puts control of the game in the hands of the pitcherBye The referee understands that anything that speeds up the pitcher’s action is good for the hitters.
The situation in which the specified game speed McCutcheon and control is in the hands of the pitcher, as he said Scherzer, appeared on March 2 in a match between New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates, cWhen Dominican Vandi Peralta knocks out Venezuelan Tucupita Marcano with three steps in solo 20 seconds.
Peralta needed only 6.6 seconds to serve, bringing the game up to speed, Marcano couldn’t feel comfortable in the batsman’s box, and he was “breathless” as McCutchen sensed the speed of the game.
Although Peralta managed to emerge from this confrontation unscathed, it is not at all logical that he can stably maintain such a pitching speedfactor that enhances judge theory, who understands what it is the clock will have jugs on the limit, holding your breath and will contribute to the comment errors that can be exploited by a batter.
Another element that fans may not like and that completely interferes with the game, as the wheeleris the probability that the match may end due to interference from one of the actions set out in this rule.
A similar scenario took place in the February 26 preseason game when Cal Conleybelonging atlanta Braves, appeared on a plate before Boston Red Sox, tied in a game with six runs, two strikeouts and three runners, be eliminated by the home court umpireafter he was unprepared for the kick when the on-pitch clock showed eight seconds.
The match ended in a draw and there were no serious consequences, tk. this is a preparatory stage, and if you repeat is an action in a regular series or post-season game, reactions may be different.
The results will speak
The result of the implementation of this rule will determine it. success or failure.
In the last major league season games ending in nine regulation innings, they had average duration 3 hours 4 minutes.
While this preseason is under pitch clock systemAccording to the latest MLB data, game length has been reduced to 2 hours 38 minutes.
This time implies that matches have been reduced by 26 minutes, so far a positive result for MLB innovation.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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