Major League Baseball released new rule changes for the upcoming 2019 and 2020 seasons on Thursday. But how much impact will they have on the game?
Lots of @mlb rule changes for 2019 and 2020: pic.twitter.com/Bn89KReec0
— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) March 14, 2019
Among one of the changes is roster expansion coming in 2020. Teams will be able to add a 26th player to their rosters, something the players' association has been advocating for. In September, when rosters expand for the postseason, teams will have a 28-man roster.
While the owners give up the idea of having a 26th player on the roster, they get implemented with a three-batter minimum for a pitcher. Meaning, pitchers will have to face at least three batters before being removed from the game. It's a rule Randy McMichael loves.
"It makes the game go by faster. I get the strategy part in it," McMichael says of bringing in a lefty or a righty to face only one batter. "But it takes forever...it gets to a point where you're trying to speed this up, you're trying to keep who are actually watching the game--trying to keep them in tune."
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