Major League Baseball voted on Friday to implement a pitch clock, ban shifts, increase base sizes and limit the number of pick-off attempts starting in 2023. These changes will happen despite all four player representatives (Tyler Glasnow, Jack Flaherty, Whit Merrifield, Austin Slater) voting no on the pitch clock and shift ban because six ownership representatives (John Stanton, Bill DeWitt, Tom Werner, Greg Johnson, Dick Monfort, Mark Shapiro) and one umpire (Bill Miller) outvoted them.
Obviously these changes are to try and increase the pace of play, which has already successfully been tested in the minor leagues. According to Jeff Passan, minor league game times “have consistently clocked in at under 2 hours, 30 minutes - a time seen by many as ideal.