Major League Baseball's competition committee is weighing a proposal that would reduce the pitch clock with runners on base from 20 seconds to 18 next season, aiming to reverse a late-season trend that saw the average time of game increase by seven minutes, sources told ESPN.
But with pace of play having long been a pain-point for MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, the pitch clock succeeded in reducing the time of game to under three hours on average.
MLB's competition committee, which includes six members representing teams, four players and one umpire, heard the proposal to shave the clock as well as cut down mound visits from five per game to four, sources said.
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