Opening Day is just over a week away, and MLB players are running out of time to get adjusted to the new rules. After all, old habits are tough to break.
In the past couple days alone, we’ve seen two eerily similar strikeouts by virtue of pitch-clock violations. According to the new MLB rules, the batter must be completely in the box and alert to the pitcher by the eight-second mark. Failure to do so results in an automatic strike.
