The new format presents an opportunity for the pitching staff.
On Thursday, Pinstripe Alley covered how weekly doubleheaders might work as a means to wring more games from an abbreviated 2020 schedule. It’s a proposition the league appears to be taking seriously, and now an additional wrinkle might be considered: limiting the games in doubleheaders to seven innings apiece.
While it may offend the sensibilities of some traditionalists, the idea has...