MLB Sticking With Extra-Innings Baserunner
2 years agoMajor League Baseball will stick with a runner at second base in all regular season extra-inning games, according to a source familiar with the situation. MLB's joint competition committee voted unanimously to adopt the rule full time after it had been in place the last three years. The league is also tweaking the rule that allows position players to take the mound when their teams are leading or trailing by six or more runs. Under the new rules, leading teams have to be up by 10 or more runs in the ninth inning to let a position player pitch, but trailing teams can use a position player anytime they are down by eight or more runs. Position players can also pitch at any point in extra innings.
Source: ESPN Chicago - Jesse Rogers
Source: ESPN Chicago - Jesse Rogers