Here are the rule changes the MLB and players union agreed on in the new CBA.
Depending on one’s level of baseball fan purity, there is either excitement or dread to learn that a couple of pandemic-era MLB rule changes are reverting back to what they were before 2020.
, doubleheaders will return to nine-inning games apiece, and extra innings will no longer start with a runner on second base.Functionally, what this means is baseball games will very likely be longer on average than they have been these past two seasons. Also close to self-evident is that no longer having a runner in scoring position in extra innings will expand game times as well.
. Instead, MLB will utilize NFL-type tiebreakers. In addition, there will now be no re-seeding for the LDS – the No. 1 seed will play the winner of the No. 4 and 5-seed series, and the No. 2 seed will play the winner of the No. 3 and 6-seed series, according to the report.
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