MLB changed baseball more this year than it had in decades. We take a deep look at the pitch clock, steals and shifts, as well as two concerning trends with starting pitchers.
Every Thursday this season, I’ve examined one thing we learned in each division over the previous week. With the regular season coming to a close — and before we switch our baseball brains to postseason mode — now’s a good time to expand this exercise to the bigger picture.
PR presented a comparison earlier this week of how few nine-inning games this season have surpassed three hours and 30 minutes relative to recent years, and indeed, the contrast is stark:Add another half-hour, and you’ll find that four-hour nine-inning games — of which there were 19 a year ago and a record-high 39 in 2021 — are essentially dead.
To me, though, the overall time saved means less than the improved flow of an average game. Better pace of play was always the priority rather than shorter games, and that has undeniably been achieved. Gone are all the unnecessary delays by both pitchers and batters over the course of a plate appearance, allowing the flow of each inning to be dictated by the action unfolding on the field rather than subtle habits that do nothing to advance the sport we all want to actually watch happen.
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