MLB Roundup 3/9: MLB to test new rules in Atlantic League

A couple of weeks ago we learned that MLB may be testing some radical new rule proposals at the Atlantic League, an Independent League. On Friday, the league officially announced the plan and what rules they’d be testing. Among them are: Moving the mound back two feet, increasing base size by three square inches, banning shifts, radar-enabled strike zones, three-batter minimums for pitchers and a ban on mound visits except to remove a pitcher or for injury issues. Those are...pretty drastic!

As I said the last time we talked about this, it’s hard not to sympathize for players in the Atlantic League. These are guys who are trying desperately to get into affiliated ball, and now they have to…