Major League Baseball is reportedly working with the MLB Players Association to potentially eliminate the fines (in the range of $100 to $500) regarding the new pace-of-play rules that were scheduled to begin May 1.
Jayson Stark of ESPN.com reported Thursday the final details are still being hammered out, but the league is expected to at least ease the punishments. Tony Clark, the executive director of the players' union, told the outlet the progress that's been made has facilitated the likely change: "The idea here was to effect some positive changes in habits, and to see if, by doing so, we could also shorten the length of games and perhaps improve the pace.