MLB 3 batter rule

[Todd4State]

The shift would be gone forever in the span of half a season if batters would adjust to it and beat it. It's astonishing to me to watch a batter ground out or line out into a shift (or strike out against a shift) while they are giving him a bunt single. These guys in the show have been playing the game for years at the highest level, so they can take the ball the other way if they look for the right pitch to do it with.

Baseball has become a strikeout/homerun-or-bust game and that's a big part of the problem.

It's because players get paid more to hit .210 with 30 home runs than if they hit .300 with 10 home runs.

 

[Todd4State]

I don't like the three batter rule. I can see a lot of potential issues with this.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I think you should let the batter take the bat with him around the bases, and use however he sees fit. Won't speed up the game, but will make it way more watchable.

You played Basewars too much as a kid, didn't you?**

 

[jblailock]

I don't like the three batter rule. I can see a lot of potential issues with this.

They're going to have to force the "injured" pitcher onto the 7 day DL for this to work. (yes I said DL, not the stupid IL)

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Agree on both being pathetically low.

Average action time in a MLB game is 18 minutes. For an NFL game, it's about 11 minutes. Both pathetically low. I can't watch either in real time.

But I’d like to see what they consider action time for MLB.

 

[patdog]

If you do that, you're almost forcing a manager to leave a guy in who may have a legitimate slight strain so he can get his 3 batters in, and then when he really gets injured you're going to have a grievance and/or a lawsuit to defend. And you'll be in pretty poor position to defend it.

 

[Tall Dawg]

45 minutes?? U sure about that??
Seems like a stretch...

 

[Todd4State]

They're going to have to force the "injured" pitcher onto the 7 day DL for this to work. (yes I said DL, not the stupid IL)

If you do that, you're almost forcing a manager to leave a guy in who may have a legitimate slight strain so he can get his 3 batters in, and then when he really gets injured you're going to have a grievance and/or a lawsuit to defend. And you'll be in pretty poor position to defend it.

Exactly. And it's honestly a little surprising to me given how MLB is wanting to try to stop the Tommy John epidemic. There are too many cans of worms for this to last.