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"I think the commissioner's just trying to stay ahead of the curve, do what's best for the game. There's a lot of intelligent people thought this stuff over and there's a lot of people involved," said Jim Leyland, the longtime manager who is now a special assistant for the Detroit Tigers."I'm a big believer that when you've had something in place for so, so long, any time there's a change, there's going to be a reaction.
The commissioner's office agreed not to implement pitch clocks before the 2022 season, but a joint management-union committee will study effects of possible changes to the strike zone, the height of the mound and even the distance from the mound to the plate.
"I think that was a little bit of a shock to everybody's system, but I think obviously it's showed it worked out pretty good," Leyland said."Those type of changes are a little bit different than actual rule changes." Future changes may be more contentious. The union wasn't a big fan of the three-batter requirement for pitchers, and the idea of pitch clocks has met resistance as well., who spent some time in the minors last year, said he actually benefited.
Defensive alignments are certainly different, and the pitcher-batter pendulum has swung in the direction of high strikeout totals.
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