Since assuming control of Minor League Baseball in 2020, Major League Baseball has used the minors as a testing ground for some of the changes MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has been wanting to bring to the game. Before the runner on second in extra innings—the “ghost runner” (or “Manfred Man” as we’re fond of calling it)—was brought to MLB, it was tested in the minors and deemed to be an effective way of curtailing extended extra-innings-fests. Now Manfred wants to make some other changes that have been introduced in the minors—pitch clocks, banning of the shift, and limiting attempted pickoffs to first being the major points—part of baseball as soon as 2023.
New rules coming for MLB in 2023 could drastically impact the Mariners
