Major League Baseball has added a pitch clock for the 2023 season, and it's becoming apparent teams better obey it, or there will be big consequences.
Two games were played Friday between MLB teams. The game between the San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners took two hours and 29 minutes, while the game between the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals took two hours and 33 minutes.
Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres bats against the Los Angeles Angels during an MLB spring training game at Peoria Stadium March 23, 2022, in Peoria, Ariz.And plenty of minor leaguers, who are well-accustomed to the faster pace, are playing. So maybe it isn't the best indicator. But if baseball wants a quicker pace to games, it's off to a hot start, and the sample size from the minors is surely quite large.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center July 24, 2022, in Cooperstown, N.Y.Last season, Major League games lasted three hours and three minutes on average, and the average length hasn't been under three hours since 2015 . You have to go back to 1978 for the last time the average game took less than 2½ hours.
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