What MLB rules should be changed?

[Proven Veteran]

 

 

Hell yes.

[treebird]

man, weren't there quotes from manfred very recently that seemed to shrug off the idea? i am very much in favor but thought there was basically no chance of it happening soon.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I have 6.

 

- Automated balls and strikes

 

- Managers can't leave the dugout and if they do it counts as a mound visit

 

- DH in both leagues tied to the starting pitcher

 

- Make draft/IFA pools equal for all teams or equal in large groups(e.g. non-playoff teams have a higher pool than playoff teams but all non-playoff teams have the same pool)

 

- Lottery the top 5 or so spots in the draft order

 

- Kill the qualifying offer and pick compensation, or require a player to have been with the team for 3+ years to be eligible

[Proven Veteran]

Get rid of the draft and arbitration, they are only there to funnel money from the players to the owners.

[jersey cubs fan]

- Managers can't leave the dugout and if they do it counts as a mound visit

Why is that? You get a mound visit every inning right?

How about one mound visit per game. You'd probably use it to talk to the starter one time in most games.

 

2 reviews and 2 challenges

 

A review gives your guys 30-45 seconds to consider making a challenge. If you use both without challenging, you still get the challenge but has to be made without a chance to review. And with that strict use of the timing rules btw innings/pitches/atbats.

[jersey cubs fan]

Get rid of the draft and arbitration, they are only there to funnel money from the players to the owners.

well, they really are there to funnel money to the veterans.

 

the budget is the budget and the split of the pool isn't changing

[Tim]

I feel like I must be the only person that pace of game doesn't really bother.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I feel like I must be the only person that pace of game doesn't really bother.

nope

[jersey cubs fan]

I feel like I must be the only person that pace of game doesn't really bother.

nope

the old divorced men demo has nothing if not time to kill

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I feel like I must be the only person that pace of game doesn't really bother.

nope

the old divorced men demo has nothing if not time to kill

you'll get your day

[Cubswin11]

I feel like I must be the only person that pace of game doesn't really bother.

Yeah the pace of game really doesn't matter to me. Especially in terms of the importance of wanting to see so many other things done than trying to figure out a way to make the game 10 minutes shorter.

[Tim]

I feel like I must be the only person that pace of game doesn't really bother.

nope

the old divorced men demo has nothing if not time to kill

Man, I tried to come up with a comeback, but I've got nothing. Here was me:

 

#-o :nono: :-k :dontknow: =D>

[Transmogrified Tiger]

- Managers can't leave the dugout and if they do it counts as a mound visit

Why is that? You get a mound visit every inning right?

How about one mound visit per game. You'd probably use it to talk to the starter one time in most games.

 

2 reviews and 2 challenges

 

A review gives your guys 30-45 seconds to consider making a challenge. If you use both without challenging, you still get the challenge but has to be made without a chance to review. And with that strict use of the timing rules btw innings/pitches/atbats.

 

Disincent managers killing time so they can check replay before challenging, disincent managers arguing with umpires. Your idea would help with that too.

[Thusly Boned]

man, weren't there quotes from manfred very recently that seemed to shrug off the idea? i am very much in favor but thought there was basically no chance of it happening soon.

 

He said discouraging things about it not long after he took office, but there's a chance that he's since heard enough desire/support for the idea that he now realizes that it is an issue that will have to be addressed. I think there's little chance this doesn't happen fairly soon, if not in the upcoming CBA, but the next. Once interleague play was expanded, the deal was sealed, imo.

[seanimal]

- DH in both leagues tied to the starting pitcher

 

as the person who invented this idea* i demand you call it hybrid dh

 

*maybe

[seanimal]

speeding up the replay process should happen. but i dunno, keeping managers chained to the dugout seems strange to me. there's a sort of theatrical element, however nonessential, that i think gets lost when you make a change like that

[wvcbxl]

I feel like I must be the only person that pace of game doesn't really bother.

nope

the old divorced men demo has nothing if not time to kill

 

We need the breaks to get beer from the fridge, we can't just shout at someone in the kitchen. 8-)

[WrigleyField 22]

I WANT TO SEE SCHWARBER IN THE SHORTS

Not just Schwarber. Think of all the crusty old managers trotting out in that horsefeathers.

 

Also Bartolo Colon.

[SouthSideRyan]

- DH in both leagues tied to the starting pitcher

 

as the person who invented this idea* i demand you call it hybrid dh

 

*maybe

 

I really like this idea(if the ultimate endgame is DH) and don't think I've ever heard it before.

[Derwood]

Re-explain how it works. What happens when you pull the starting pitcher? Do you have to also PH for the DH?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Re-explain how it works. What happens when you pull the starting pitcher? Do you have to also PH for the DH?

 

Removing a SP works just like how putting the DH in the field works today. The relief pitcher takes the DH's spot in the batting order, so while everyone has the DH, managers still have to consider how they replace pitchers w/r/t the offensive side.

[David]

Was it mojo who thought you could DH for the shortstop or catcher if you wanted to the last time this was brought up?

[Derwood]

Re-explain how it works. What happens when you pull the starting pitcher? Do you have to also PH for the DH?

 

Removing a SP works just like how putting the DH in the field works today. The relief pitcher takes the DH's spot in the batting order, so while everyone has the DH, managers still have to consider how they replace pitchers w/r/t the offensive side.

 

So if Schwarber is your DH and you pull the SP, you'd have to move Schwarber to the field to keep him in the lineup? And then the DH is basically gone the rest of the game?

[Sammy Sofa]

Was it mojo who thought you could DH for the shortstop or catcher if you wanted to the last time this was brought up?

 

Damn right. It's the best way to implement the DH and deep down you know it.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Re-explain how it works. What happens when you pull the starting pitcher? Do you have to also PH for the DH?

 

Removing a SP works just like how putting the DH in the field works today. The relief pitcher takes the DH's spot in the batting order, so while everyone has the DH, managers still have to consider how they replace pitchers w/r/t the offensive side.

 

So if Schwarber is your DH and you pull the SP, you'd have to move Schwarber to the field to keep him in the lineup? And then the DH is basically gone the rest of the game?

 

Or more likely, Schwarber is done for the day when you pull the SP.