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After the 2014 season, the Playing Rules Committee reorganized and recodified the rules. However, through the 2017 edition, the rulebook also contains a listing in the 2014 format. The 2017 edition occupies 163 and 99 pages in the current and 2014 formats, respectively. [7] Changes to the rules are decided by a committee.
Examples of these rules are the Rule 5 draft (so-named for the applicable section of the rule book) and the injured list. Other examples include: Other examples include: the 5/10 Rule whereby players who have been with a club for 5 consecutive years and have been a major league player for 10 years cannot be traded without their consent.
In fact, MLB rolled out a bevy of new rules in 2023 to much debate, including a new pitch clock designed to speed up the game. And while some of the rules make total sense, others are a bit baffling.
On August 24, 2022, Major League Baseball released its 2023 schedule. There were 162 games scheduled for all teams. This season was the first MLB season of a new balanced schedule in which every team played each other at least once, similar to the NBA and NHL. The new balanced schedule included 13 games against their division rivals, totaling ...
The Diamondbacks compiled a .250 batting average with a .293 BABIP, striking out 20.4% of the time. Those are all major improvements from the .230 clip, .272 BABIP and 22.2% strikeout rate in 2022.
New MLB rules for 2023 will limit the infield shift that has become ubiquitous around baseball. But teams are likely to find different ways to stifle batters. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images ...
The most recent significant rule changes to the OBR occurred in 2023, when MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred introduced rules adding a pitch clock, extra-inning base runners, and restricting infield shifts. These rules have been gradually adopted in North America (and in WBSC competition), but generally do not exist elsewhere in the world.
Still, the average attendance remains below the record high of 32,785 in 2007 and MLB hasn’t reached 30,000 since 2017. “We want to be a 70-plus-million-fan business year after year.