This week, at the quarterly owners’ meetings in Houston, commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters MLB is considering several changes to the game. Among those are adding a pitch clock, and changing the way infield shifts and relievers are used. Owners were given a presentation on these matters during the week.
“The point of the conversation today was that the game has changed dramatically. It’s changed organically. It kind of has flowed where the competitive juices of managerial and general managerial decisions have taken it,” said Manfred to Ronald Blum. “And the question is, you take a snapshot after 40 years of that and you say, ‘wow, here’s what it looks like, here’s what it used to look like and should we be thinking about what has occurred and whether we want to allow it to continue to go on on the path it’s on?