MLB’s new rules made for improvements in game times and stolen bases in 2023

Oct 2 2023 by Bleed Cubbie Blue

 
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It was a much more watchable and enjoyable product on the field this year.

I’ve been writing much of the year about MLB’s new pitch clock (officially called “pitch timer”) and how much better it’s made watching baseball this year.

Now we have some numbers to back that up.

The average length of a game in 2023 was the shortest it has been in 38 years — since 1985 — by clocking in at an average of 2:39:49 per game. The...

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