Bleacher Report · Mar 29, 2023
MLB Reveals How Much Pitch Clock Rule Change Reduced 2023 Spring Training Game Times
Major League Baseball said Tuesday that pitch clocks shaved off an average of 26 minutes per game during Spring Training this year, per ESPN's Jesse Rogers, reducing games from three hours and one minute during last year's Spring Training to two hours and 35 minutes this year.
Regular season games last year, meanwhile, averaged three hours and three minutes. A similar reduction in the amount of time games take will be expected once the season kicks off on Thursday.
This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.