MLB adopts minimum one inning rule

monkeyman576 · 12-17-2019, 03:54 PM

What do you think? I don't like it. I would have rather seen the roster reduced to 24 or 23 players. I mean if you bring on a pitcher and he sucks you have to keep him in?

dkgo · 12-17-2019, 04:13 PM

If you can know he sucks after just one or two batters then why bring him on in the first place?

It's a good rule and actually adds strategy. Any idiot can go lefty vs lefty, now you have to plan ahead a bit. Managers already barely do anything.

Besides facing one batter mid-inning doesn't happen that often anyway

CBeisbol · 12-17-2019, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by monkeyman576

What do you think? I don't like it. I would have rather seen the roster reduced to 24 or 23 players. I mean if you bring on a pitcher and he sucks you have to keep him in?

Pretty sure it's 3 batters, not 3 outs.

Which should be a reminder as to why K%, for example, is vastly superior to K/9

GeoWar · 12-17-2019, 04:29 PM

no job for a specialist

*** this won't speed the game up -- Media will just find other spots to put in ads

Westheim · 12-17-2019, 04:34 PM

Hard against.

At least I can play a sensible way in OOTP.....

RchW · 12-17-2019, 04:42 PM

It's a 3 batter or end of half inning rule. If a pitcher comes in with 2 out and/or 1 or 0 out and runners on he could pitch to one batter and satisfy the rule. That being said let's not count on many triple plays.

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In an effort to reduce the number of pitching changes and, in turn, cut down the average time per game, MLB will institute a rule change beginning in 2020 that requires pitchers to either face a minimum of three batters in an appearance or pitch to the end of a half-inning, with exceptions for injuries and illnesses.

Westheim · 12-17-2019, 04:58 PM

I spot an exploit. When will the first team coach its relievers on throwing up intentionally so the team can make an "illness" pitching change ahead of time...??

dkgo · 12-17-2019, 05:57 PM

Then you have to put him on the DL

If a guy is so bad that you would rather have him unavailable for ten days then pitch to one batter you've got problems

Westheim · 12-17-2019, 06:03 PM

The way many teams used their pitching staffs in 2019 the 25-man roster is a rosy fiction anyway. Powercycling relievers through AAA was not a one-time thing...

Nope, I hate the rule.

swoboda · 12-17-2019, 06:56 PM

I'm in favor of the new rule under the heading of worth a try.
Tony Larussa started the steady parade of relievers facing one or two batters I've never liked it. As someone who attends a lot of MLB games just too much stop the action warm-up stop the action warm up.

ezpkns34 · 12-17-2019, 09:57 PM

Now I'm intrigued by the idea of a baseball league where every pitcher can only see 3 batters .... no more, no less

thehef · 12-18-2019, 04:54 AM

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In an effort to reduce the number of pitching changes and, in turn, cut down the average time per game, MLB will institute a rule change beginning in 2020 that requires pitchers to either face a minimum of three batters in an appearance or pitch to the end of a half-inning, with exceptions for injuries and illnesses.

As if someone like Dave Roberts could be expected to comprehend a rule this complex...

CBeisbol · 12-18-2019, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by thehef

As if someone like Dave Roberts could be expected to comprehend a rule this complex...

pilight · 12-18-2019, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by swoboda

I'm in favor of the new rule under the heading of worth a try.
Tony Larussa started the steady parade of relievers facing one or two batters I've never liked it. As someone who attends a lot of MLB games just too much stop the action warm-up stop the action warm up.

It's been declining anyway. Last season saw the fewest one or two batter appearances since 2000. There were 649 all season, about one every four games, and almost 1/3 of them came after the rosters expanded to 40. With September rosters limited to 28 starting next season, the likelihood is that the number of one or two batter appearances would have declined significantly.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 12-18-2019, 10:08 PM

Not near as stupid as that runner on second base to start extra innings thing they were trying in the minors a while back, but still a bit stupid.

12-17-2019, 03:54 PM	#1
monkeyman576 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2,949	MLB adopts minimum one inning rule What do you think? I don't like it. I would have rather seen the roster reduced to 24 or 23 players. I mean if you bring on a pitcher and he sucks you have to keep him in? Last edited by monkeyman576; 12-17-2019 at 04:04 PM.

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dkgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,152	If you can know he sucks after just one or two batters then why bring him on in the first place? It's a good rule and actually adds strategy. Any idiot can go lefty vs lefty, now you have to plan ahead a bit. Managers already barely do anything. Besides facing one batter mid-inning doesn't happen that often anyway Last edited by dkgo; 12-17-2019 at 04:15 PM.

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Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,903	I spot an exploit. When will the first team coach its relievers on throwing up intentionally so the team can make an "illness" pitching change ahead of time...?? __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

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dkgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,152	Then you have to put him on the DL If a guy is so bad that you would rather have him unavailable for ten days then pitch to one batter you've got problems

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Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,903	The way many teams used their pitching staffs in 2019 the 25-man roster is a rosy fiction anyway. Powercycling relievers through AAA was not a one-time thing... Nope, I hate the rule. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

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swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,205	I'm in favor of the new rule under the heading of worth a try. Tony Larussa started the steady parade of relievers facing one or two batters I've never liked it. As someone who attends a lot of MLB games just too much stop the action warm-up stop the action warm up. __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

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ezpkns34 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 693	Now I'm intrigued by the idea of a baseball league where every pitcher can only see 3 batters .... no more, no less

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