The pitch clock has brought about immense change in baseball, and players have more or less gotten the hang of quickening the pace after just two months of live games. That doesn’t mean that they’re all happy about it—and one of the game’s most outspoken voices had something to say about the way umpires have been enforcing the pitch clock rules.
Mets ace Max Scherzer had some criticism for how pitch clock violations have been handled after his start on Thursday, which New York won, 4–2.
The three-time Cy Young Award winner got into an argument with home plate umpire Tripp Gibson after Scherzer had his warm-up pitches limited before the fifth inning. MLB rules give pitchers two minutes between innings to warm up, but Scherzer was forced to wait to begin his warmup routine since Mets catcher Francisco Álvarez made the last out in the previous half-inning.
