Cleveland Indians: No major pace of play changes in 2018

Cleveland Indians fans won’t be in for too many changes at Progressive Field this season after MLB announced new pace of play rules.

Pace of play in baseball is something some fans talk about at every game they attend, while others just want to take in a game and relax.

I have been at countless Cleveland Indians games where a mound visit sets some into a frenzy, declaring the game to be too long. Some minor changes are coming in 2018 to appease those fans.

MLB announced some changes Monday, which include a limit of six mound visits per nine innings and a specific amount of time in between innings and for pitcher changes.

None of these changes will have a major effect on games. And it doesn’t appear any of these will save a major amount of time, but rather show fans that there is something being done to speed up games.

I still find it amusing that people go to a baseball game and complain it’s taking too long. I don’t want the games to end when I go. It’s different if a catcher visits the mound four times an inning, but it’s the same thing as a hitter fouling off ten pitches. All part of the game.

More changes may be coming in future years, yet I’d be surprised if anything major happened in a sport that still plays under two different sets of rules.

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