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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday that the league is looking at
limiting the use of relief pitchers in games.
Manfred was a guest on ESPN's Mike & Mike, where he was presented nine
suggestions from fans for improving baseball. One suggestion was a
restriction on relief pitching in an inning or game.
"I am in favor of something like that," Manfred said. "We've spent a ton of
time on this issue in the last few months.
"You know the problem with relief pitchers is that they're so good. I've got
nothing against relief pitchers, but they do two things to the game: The
pitching changes themselves slow the game down, and our relief pitchers have
become so dominant at the back end that they actually rob action out of the
end of the game, the last few innings of the game. So relief pitchers is a
topic that is under active consideration. We're talking about that a lot
internally."
This year, the average time of a game is 3 hours, 4 minutes. By comparison,
in 2005 games averaged 2 hours, 49 minutes.
In mid-May, Manfred said he was unhappy with the pace of games, which at the
time was 3 hours and 26 seconds. He said then that MLB would look at
"creative ways" to improve both time and pace of games.
Red Sox manager John Farrell said Thursday he isn't keen on any bullpen
limitations.
"Fundamentally, when you begin to restrict things, rather than being able to
use your roster at your disposal, that begins to artificially control the
game," Farrell said. "I understand the need to keep the pace of the game
going. Without knowing what options would exist and what are the alternatives
being considered, that's my first gut reaction.
"In the moment [as a manager], I'm not worried about the pace of the game. As
a person who works in the game, sure, we're always looking for ways to make
it more attractive to fans, to grow our fan base, to attract young fans. We
are all aware of that challenge. We're all open to ways to grow that. But in
the seventh inning in a bases-loaded situation, I'm not thinking about pace
of games."
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簡單的說MLB為了縮短比賽時間正在考慮限制限制後援投手上場的人次
可能是限制一局幾人次或是一場幾人次
個人覺得這根本本末倒置，而且也達不成目的
為了縮短比賽時間而去限制RP人次會讓像是一人左投這種短局數投手變少
但是這也增加了牛棚被打爆的機會
省下了幾分鐘換投的時間卻有可能大大延長了進攻的時間
不僅失去了看教練調度這種細膩精彩的看點
根本就是想打壓投手的陰謀嘛
看這些年投手越來越強，就找方法削弱整體投手實力增加進攻強度
讓球隊可以得更多分給觀眾看
以後強力SP合約就越簽越高
RP除了像洋基DMC這種強力RP跟能穩定吃局數的RP外也會變少
說是要縮短比賽時間，我看根本是想拉抬MLB整體打擊的一個陰謀