It is not likely that there will be changes in the rules of the MLB until the eve of spring training
It is not likely that there will be changes in the rules of the MLB until the eve of spring training
Major League Baseball and its players' union will probably not decide until the eve of spring training if they change the rules in an effort to increase the action on the field next year.
Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem said Thursday that the annual general manager meetings concluded that there was still no consensus for the change. More discussions will take place when the owners meet next week in Atlanta, the union's executive board meets in late November and the big league executives go to Las Vegas for winter meetings in mid-December.
Topics discussed include the increased use of defensive changes, the decrease in entries thrown by starting pitchers and the technology that helps steal signals. A sport linked to tradition, resistant to change, speaks of a possible change of tone of 20 seconds and alterations to the rules for exemptions, deadlines for exchange and disabled lists.
"We are an entertainment product, certainly we want to play the game in a way that is attractive to our audience, including the younger audience," Halem said. "We are constantly watching the way the game is changing organically and trying to balance the competitive problems with our clubs and our general managers who do everything possible to win, compared to what those decisions are in terms of the product in the field. And it's not like that, an easy balance, but we work very hard on it. "
The agreement with the union is necessary for changes in the rules of the game, but the administration has the right to unilaterally implement a new game rule one year in advance. Commissioner Rob Manfred had the right to order timepieces for 2018, but withdrew when the union refused to accept, and retained the ability to order watches for 2019.
MLB started the limits on trips to the mounds without launch changes in 2018, and the average time of a nine-inning game was reduced to 3 hours, 44 seconds during the regular season of 3:05:11 in 2017, although it increased at 3:34:50 this postseason since 3:29:28 in 2017.
"It's going in the right direction," Halem said.
Changes in the no-play rules require agreement with the players. Halem said the situation was fluid, saying he is not sure when the administration and the union will meet and will establish spring training as the deadline to determine any action.
Manfred has said the sport is examining whether he should try to manage the evolution of the game on the field in an era when strikeouts topped hits for the first time in 2018 and the major league batting average fell to its lowest level since 1972, the last season. Before the American League adopted the designated hitter. The strikeouts have set records for 11 consecutive years as more pitchers throw harder and teams bring in relievers more frequently.
"I think the commissioner has said that we would probably like to see more balls on the play," Halem said.
Only one exchange was announced during the four-day session: Seattle acquired speedy outfielder Mallex Smith of Tampa Bay as part of a five-player trade that sent catcher Mike Zunino and outfielder Guillermo Heredia to the Rays.
Most general managers said that their approach is to win under the current rules.
"I just react to what is happening and do everything I can to try to put our team in position to score more runs than the other team," said Los Angeles Dodgers baseball operations president Andrew Friedman. "From a fan's point of view, I can understand that the increase in strikeouts obviously diminishes the action in a game and how that can be something that is not working well at the moment, and I totally appreciate it."
Agent Scott Boras on Wednesday attributed the 4 percent drop in attendance this year to decisions by several teams to evict veterans in favor of reconstruction, which reduces the money spent on contracts for players, including their clients. .
"I certainly do not agree with that characterization," Halem said. "I do not, and our owners do not believe there is a connection between the reconstruction process and general assistance, there are a variety of reasons for our attendance numbers, we had bad weather."
There were 54 postponements, the largest amount since 1989, and 26 were the most drawn weekend games. Manfred said that 35 games in April had a temperature of 40 degrees or less.
"A lot of people like the way the game is played right now, and other people would like to see more balls at stake," Halem said. "So, on any of these issues, I do not think there is a correct answer, and some of these tendencies can also be cyclical, and they will revert, because our clubs are very competitive, and as soon as a club starts doing something successful, reducing his rate of strikeouts as a team, for example, then other clubs follow him. "
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