The pace of play in baseball has been a hot topic of late with the imposition of the new signal from the dugout for intentional walks. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has been very vocal in his desire to shorten games and make the time go by faster and while taking the 4 lobs to the catcher will have very little impact towards that end, Manfred has made it clear that such moves and more like them are high on his priority list whether the MLBPA likes it or not.
One such proposal has been the imposition of a pitch clock that will both get batters in the batter’s box quicker as well as make sure that pitcher’s aren’t taking too much time between pitches.