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Originally Posted by tonnage
But what about the pitcher disengagement? Pitchers are limited to two disengagements (pickoff attempts or step-offs) per plate appearance. If a third pickoff attempt is made, the runner automatically advances one base if the pickoff attempt is not successful. This could be easily instituted into OOTP, at least the pickoff attempts. Also, this is going to lead to a large number of stolen bases I would think.
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Sure, that would have an effect and would have to be a toggle.
I never commented as the OP only asked about the clock.
More SB is part of the reason for the rule along with the larger bases, so yeah. IRL it will be interesting to see the effect. To combat the new running possibilities I think we'll see more slide step pitching and maybe a return to more pitch outs.
In OOTP my guess is we don't see much difference until there is data to base it on. We as individuals could, of course, simply change SBA and Success in the LT if we want to make our best guess and roll with it early.