MLB's pitch clock is officially here and the league's pitchers aren't the only players who will have to make some adjustments. Manny Machado learned that the hard way on Friday.
"I'm going to have to make a big adjustment. I might be 0-1 down a lot this year," Machado said."It's super-fast, there's definitely going to be an adjustment period, but going down in the history books."laid in much greater detail here by Yahoo Sports' Hannah Keyser
, pitchers get 15 seconds when the bases are empty and 20 seconds with runners on base to start their deliveries after receiving the ball from the catcher. They are also only allowed two"disengagements" per at-bat. Meanwhile, batters have to be ready in the box with eight seconds left. Violations for pitchers result in an automatic ball and batters result in an automatic strike.
The changes, accompanied by larger bases, a ban on the shift and more stringent balk rules, are the dominant story in spring training this year. While the long-expected clock has always been seen as a potential menace to pitchers, many pitchers have insisted they will be the ones who actually get the edge by playing with the new countdownMachado being the first victim is a quiet indication those pitches might have a point, but everyone the field still has more than a month to get used to MLB's faster pace this year.
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