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Report: MLB Votes to Implement Shocking New Rules in 2023

Major League Baseball has voted to implement new rules for the 2023 season.

Kade Kistner

Report: MLB Votes to Implement Shocking New Rules in 2023
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Major League Baseball's competition committee has voted to implement some surprising new rules beginning in the 2023 season according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

They include a pitch clock, larger bases, and the most shocking of all: a ban on the defensive shift.

The pitch clock implemented will include a 15-second time limit when the bases are empty and will increase to 20 seconds when there are runners on base. 

The defensive shift has been a hot topic of controversy for many seasons and now that debate will come to a rest as it has now been outlawed. In 2023, two players must be on either side of second base and have their feet on the dirt.

However, the MLB Player's Association unanimously opposed the new rule changes and voted "no." They released a statement claiming that MLB was unwilling to address their concerns and as such attempted to veto the new rule proposal. 

Yet, these new rules will come into effect at the beginning of the 2023 MLB season. 

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Kade Kistner
KADE KISTNER

Kade Kistner is the publisher and beat writer for Sports Illustrated's Inside the Phillies. An alumnus of Tulane University, Kade graduated in 2017 with a degree in Latin American Studies and a minor in Spanish. Upon graduation, Kade commissioned into the United States Navy and attended Naval Flight School in Pensacola, Fl. He served as a Naval Aviator and was stationed in Jacksonville, Fl.  During his time in school and the Navy, Kade began covering the MLB and NFL with USA Today, SB Nation, and Sports Illustrated.  Kade covered the New Orleans Saints, Texas Rangers, and numerous other teams within the Sports Illustrated network before launching Inside the Phillies, Inside the Astros, and Inside the Cubs. You can follow him on Twitter at @KadeKistner, or if you have any questions or comments he can be reached via email at kwkistner@gmail.com.

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