While most teams are fighting the new MLB pace of play rules, the Cincinnati Reds should focus on making it a part of who they are. The Reds’ pitchers are young and could use the regimen. Now the team just needs to plan for the changes.
MLB isn’t talking about the biggest change much. Instead of getting eight pitches to warm up on the mound, there will be two minutes and five seconds in between innings and pitcher changes. They add twenty seconds for national telecasts.
As weird as it may sound, every time the Reds work their pitchers, they should start the session by having the pitcher run the distance from the dugout to the mound and get warmed up in two minutes.