Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering radical changes to speed up the pace of play and infuse more offense into games, including limiting the number of pitching changes and defensive shifts, but if installing a 20-second pitch clock is one of them, it could be met with some resistance.
“I appreciate the fact they’re trying to speed up games, I get it, but it’s tough to implement something that could change the flow of the game,” Angels right-hander Matt Shoemaker said.
“If you take 30-40 seconds between every pitch, that’s different. Most of the time, you’re pitching within 20 seconds, but for the one or two instances where it might take 21 seconds, I’m not a firm believer that you should get penalized for it.