Originally Posted by
Rancid_Planet
I dont know how this slipped under my radar but there is a new rule in effect for MLB in 2020 and I fucking hate it.
Relief pitchers must now face 3 batters minimum or finish the half inning.
This is fucking stupid. Sometimes a relief guy comes in and just doesnt have his stuff and its obvious from the first pitch. But now he has to hang in there and get hammered by three hitters in a row before he can be pulled. Sounds like maybe an ok concept in May. Let's see how folks feel about it in October when it's THEIR team stuck and unable to make a move when they're only up by 1 run in the 8th during game 7.
Also it takes the chess match out of it which has been the only good and interesting part of relievers working half the game since that started being the norm 20 years ago.
Now you cant bring in a lefty to face just the one guy who cant hit lefties.
And I know I know, speed the game up. "We don't like how slow it is. We don't like the chess match. Get to the action. Make it like football. Why isn't this football? When does football start? Can I start my fantasy football league yet? Is this STILL a baseball game? Oh my god poke my eyes out I hate this shit oh my god please turn this into football basketball fucking anything but baseball I hate baseball and won't ever watch but listen to my opinions on it."