Lots of @mlb rule changes for 2019 and 2020: pic.twitter.com/Bn89KReec0— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) March 14, 2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:13 (five years ago) link
ok pitching to a minimum of three hitters or until the end of a half inning makes this more palatable
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:20 (five years ago) link
Only five mound visits now instead of six--they're getting serious about speeding things up.
― clemenza, Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link
"Position players will be prohibited from pitching in games that don’t go into extra innings, unless a team is ahead or behind by at least eight runs." - i mean, fine, but i don't really get why this has to be a rule
― na (NA), Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:25 (five years ago) link
I think it has something to do w/ preventing teams from manipulating the new pitcher/position player designations?
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:30 (five years ago) link
Elimination of 40 player roster, too!
― but i'm there are fuckups (Karl Malone), Thursday, 14 March 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link
Interesting changes! I'm really excited to see how the relief pitcher / opener rules pan out (in 2020).
No more waiver trades too! The trade deadline just got even more exciting.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 14 March 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
The fact that the 40-man Sept. roster expansion doesn't reduce to 28 until 2020 increases Tim Tebow's chances of being a big leaguer.— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) March 14, 2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 March 2019 21:06 (five years ago) link
I call this "overmanaging"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 March 2019 21:54 (five years ago) link
playing Seymour Skinner re position players pitching particularly
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 March 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/mlb-announces-major-rule-changes-for-2019-and-2020/
A commenter asks:
"Not that this will be [a frequent] occurrence but I’m still waiting to see how it will be handled if a team makes two mound visits before a pitcher faces three batters. We would have one rule requiring the pitcher be removed from the game and another stating that he is not allowed to be removed. Is baseball just broken at that point?"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 March 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link
Oof.
What about a pitcher feigning injury? We know it doesn't count as a mound visit. But will it also allow managers to skirt 3-hitter rule? Will said pitcher be obliged to do a DL stint? So much unnecessary dumbness.
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 15 March 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
dl il stint
supposedly the three-batter rule will be implemented in the (affiliated) minors this season. i don't think it will come up too much, though -- there aren't really minor league LOOGYs or convoluted platoon matches because the games don't mean anything
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 March 2019 22:57 (five years ago) link
RIP pitch clock?
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 15 March 2019 23:32 (five years ago) link
yeah :/
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 March 2019 00:37 (five years ago) link
seems like overkill
MLB is at Nationals’ camp today workshopping a new communication device for pitchers and catchers. It would allow catchers to type a pitch call (with location) into a watch that is connected to a watch the pitcher is wearing on the mound. An effort to eliminate sign-stealing.— Jesse Dougherty (@dougherty_jesse) March 18, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 March 2019 14:50 (five years ago) link
ugh
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 18 March 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
real galaxy brain shit right there
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 18 March 2019 15:49 (five years ago) link
sign stealing is the best
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 March 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
a good way to speed up the game is to have the catcher text the pitcher on his apple watch before every pitch
― na (NA), Monday, 18 March 2019 16:18 (five years ago) link
yeah wtf
― k3vin k., Monday, 18 March 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
a century from now MLB will have "evolved" into 162 home run derbies + a midseason "old school" classic w base running, fielding, etc
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 18 March 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
classy
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2wy5U4WkAAuvkb.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 March 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
the shark has pearly teeth
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 March 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
apparently the mound will *not* be moved back in the atlantic league this season after all
good news for new long island duck jon niese
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2019 15:54 (five years ago) link
that did seem the most harebrained
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 11 April 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
thought this was a joke; apparently it is not
Atlantic League announce 4 new rules:Pitcher required to step off the rubber in order to attempt a pickoff.1 foul bunt is permitted with 2 strikes before strikeout is called.Check swing rule made more batter friendly.Batters may steal 1st on any pitch not caught by catcher.— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 11, 2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
why WHY
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
is the foul bunt rule meant to encourage more bunting? seems odd
also, embarrassed to not know for sure, but i thought a pitcher was already required to step off the rubber before a pickoff?
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
If on the rubber, the motion has to be directed entirely toward a single base. i.e. home, first, etc
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
i think i was confused my the rules in my childhood league - i was always required to step off the rubber. i remember vividly because i got several balks called on me and had no idea wtf was going on
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
i will never pay to see a "stealing first" league game
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
i guess some of this might somehow yield more ~action on the bases~
insofar as it does, it would also make the games longer
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
Yeah Karl I remember something similar. the MLB rules allow for that classic leftie pick-off move where they lift their right leg up but you don't know yet which way they're going.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27405556/yanks-boone-worth-exploring-mlb-mercy-rule
I might be in favour of a mercy rule of some sort, mainly because of the risk of someone getting hurt.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 17 August 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
i wouldn't necessarily be against a mercy rule, but have we actually seen position players get hurt pitching? (and if so, that's on the managers -- no one's forcing them not to use real pitchers)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 August 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
I guess it's more the risk of any player getting hurt in a game where the score is lopsided and the guys just want to get the hell out of there (on both sides). Much like the Buster Posey and Chase Utley rules, one serious injury could be enough to get the rules changed, e.g. Mike Trout getting injured by an errant pitch in a 15-1 game. You can't sit everybody even once the score gets out of hand.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 18 August 2019 09:14 (four years ago) link
what are the best single game comebacks in mlb history?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 19 August 2019 13:39 (four years ago) link
i assume if a game ends in, say, the 5th inning on the mercy rule, all the fans get 4 innings worth of ticket price refunded, right? RIGHT?
― na (NA), Monday, 19 August 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQmqqA_X0AI5Ia3?format=jpg&name=large
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
RIP loogies everywhere
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
Any difference between these and the three-batter/roster expansion stuff announced last year? Or is this just the formalization of it?
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:17 (four years ago) link
just the formalization, i think, although the reduction in challenge time is new. i'll be surprised if that one is actually enforced
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:28 (four years ago) link
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/new-pickoff-rule-coming-to-minors-after-indy-ball-success-in-2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 February 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
Double plays also dropped from .82 per game to .63 per game with the new rules.
With that and the upped SBs would this mean longer games?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 27 February 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
oh my yes.
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 27 February 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
idk, i'm not really against this. lefties are pretty much balking on every throw over
saw a (maybe collegiate?) umpire praising it -- with a guy on first in two-man umpire crews, the field ump is out by second and neither he nor the HP ump have an angle to judge a lefty's balk. but if they have to step off the rubber first, that can be seen
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 February 2020 00:40 (four years ago) link
Yeah i don’t mind it - seems like rubber should equal “locked in for home”
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 28 February 2020 09:16 (four years ago) link
seems fine to me, too. those were the rules in my day (back when i manned the keystone for the san diego padres in the late 70s with my friend and doubleplay partner ozzie smith), and for a very long time i wasn't aware that the rules were any different for pros
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 February 2020 16:27 (four years ago) link