The Twenty Second Clock

It looks like the 20-second clock will be introduced for the 2018 season. There does seem to be some desire on the part of the players to negotiate the amount of time. MLB does not seem to be budging:

After informal conversations between MLB and the players’ union in August, some players walked away from those meetings resigned to the idea that, one way or another, a pitch clock would be put in place for 2018. They wondered, however, if the time between pitches might be negotiated to 22 seconds or 24 seconds.

MLB, however, wants the 20-second pitch clock. And whether the union agrees or not, MLB has the power to implement this and other rules for the 2018 season.

I still think the idea of paying players to play faster is a better solution.

from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2znSvgO