 MLB wants to change some things about the game and the players association and they're really have a very Nasty relationship right now. They're not happy with each other But they have they have come back with their own thoughts So Joel Sherman and the post kind of bladed out and Jeff Passon are very own also was laid it out I'm reading from Joel's story There's one of the big things Forcing pitchers to face at least three batters within inning the union recommended implemented in the minors this year in the majors in 2020 According to Joel the union probably comfortable with this proposal Because with the great use of relievers now the single batter reliever has been phased out Because you can't have a guy out there to just face one guy. I Don't love this But it will speed up the game The pace of the game where you can't bring in a guy just to get one out and then bring in another guy to get another Out if the guys got to be in there for three outs and it also puts a premium on pitchers That can get everybody out and let's just look at the Yankees for instance. I don't think it hurts them at all none of their guys are The type of guys that can only get out the like side batter so Boone has to bring it out of you know to get three batters will get three batters Same thing with the chances same thing with so but if the argument is they're being phased out anyway Then why do you even have to implement the rule? But people still do it? Yeah, but if it's being phased out It just seems a little silly to now go the other extreme where it's probably not gonna exist anymore Anyway, and doesn't really happen all that often to now. I'm gonna be forced to keep in a guy for three Not to now it's three So basically the the in essence is you're hoping that he you know retires the side and it's kind of like one inning And I'll just weird as I was driving in I thought of a way to get around this Let's say you bring in Britain to get a left-hander Then the next batter is a big right-handed batter now Britain to get out righties, but Boone wants to bring in potensis to get the right-hander So he tells Britain here's what you do You get out the the left-hander and then something hurts in your side your back hurts I gotta take out. What do they do then have a picture leaves with an injury in a big game? I'm not saying you do this in an April game How could you stop that? You can't you can't legislate it. You can't I mean it's I it this is almost very reminiscent to me of the automatic Based on balls like the intentional walk like did you really save all that much time? Just seems like a rule that's really how often there's no more Tony fastest anymore I got it come face one guy that doesn't they admitted that it's being phased out So why do you even have to do it in the first place limiting mound visits? MLB wants to go from six which was installed last year to four and then three in 2020 Union proposed six to five this year and then if games are slower in 2019 than in 2018 MLB would be within its rights to go down to four They put the six visits in Don I don't I don't remember one game where it became an issue not one honestly I don't remember it being an issue so that served its purpose because Gary Sanchez would go out 13 times a game So you did stop that yes that you stopped so that worked I don't know if cutting it down to three is the answer no pitch clock There's a no-brainer and it shouldn't be called a pitch clock because it seems like the onus is always on the pitchers The batters are just as much at fault a Pitch must be delivered in 20 seconds batter can keep stepping out if he steps out With 20 seconds into the before the in the since the final pitch He gets called a strike it get a strike on him But that rule is in place right now Don you always say this and they don't enforce it No, because what what are the punishment for for it now? That sounds like there's gonna be a punishment that it would be a strike If he's not in the batter's box then and he's not ready to receive a pitch then it would be a strike At least there's a punishment to it now not a suggestion like it was before Number four and this is the big one DH installed in the National League. I think this is the one that's gonna be met with a lot of resistance from purists But I just think it's inherently unfair To American League teams and World Series games and interleague games that their pitchers do something They never do that should they be able to do it? Yes But then man has to do it in almost three decades more than three decades. Here's my problem Don in fairness to National League teams You cannot Implement this on February 6th. They have not built teams with designated. No, this has to be something you say starting 2020 Right and for the measure to be a home run because all of a sudden yeah those last three years of Robinson No, don't seem as bad, but isn't that kind of what you want to do like the DH extended careers We got to see Dave Winfield longer. We got to see Don Bailer longer Maybe we would have seen National League guys longer had the DH been in place and here what I would here's what I would say to the purists I get it That there was a distinct difference between the American League and the National League the way the game was played If you remember the umpires were were different you had American League umpires You had nationally umpires for the people that aren't old enough to remember Peter may not even remember this That there was a time where the American League umpires actually had the shield Where the National League umpires had the chest protector underneath their jersey The American League umpires actually had that big pillow in front of them remember that yeah and because of that the feeling was They couldn't see the low strike so in the American League the strike zone was completely different So there was a two distinct differences and there was no interleague play so they never played until they got to the World Series Now they play each other every day because of the odd number of teams Right they play each other every day There are no more American League and National League managers all the managers are in both leagues The only difference between the two leagues now the only difference is the DH why? It extends careers. You're trying to promote offense So other than the rare occasion where Bartolo Cologne actually entertained us when he got to the plate How is it still a thing? How why does it make any sense and the money that you're investing in these pitchers? Do I want to spend all this money on a pitcher from the break his ankle rounding second base? Or do what happened to Tanaka where he ends up like tearing both of his hamstrings running from third to How about Jim ming Wong? Good one This time in Houston. I remember when they were at the ground hitting last year hurt his elbow. Absolutely Michael I do believe these guys should be more athletic All right I do think it's a joke that cannot Tanaka can't run from third to home to try to get a run and Have to tear both of his hamstring it seems silly But you know what it exists and the way we protect these pitchers So we get this straight you won't let them throw one more pitch than they're supposed to but you let them run the basis Come on really crazy. You let them face a hundred mile per hour fastball where they can it be like David Cohn and break a finger You come on you treat them throughout their career At delicately as you would jack it's eighty five degrees. They're wearing jackets on the baseball. Come on Another one and this is the union trying to combat tanking Union proposed that any team that lost 90 more games in consecutive years would drop 15 places in the June draft And have its international pool money reduced by two million if it occurred for three straight years draft position would drop 20 places and Three million would be taken away in international money In addition the union recommended restructuring revenue sharing to give more money to low revenue teams that are succeeding in the win-loss Column see if you're willing to do that last part then why not reward the best team to miss the playoffs with the first overall pick All these sports should do it. Why does it have to be the worst team? Listen, if you don't know what you're doing, why should be rewarded with the best player probably screw it up anyway Well, how about the the last The last team in the second wildcard team should get the first pick. At least they tried Yeah, but they got the benefit of being in the wildcard and we've seen wildcard teams win World Series before so that should be the motivation Ultimately right but right but the team that misses out But now it would be under my system all these sports should do it NBA NHL, you know more tanking The the best team not to make the playoffs gets the first overall pick and the reason this would be so fascinating is Teams that are lousy would be making trades in the deadline to get better so they can move up to get a better pick You're motivating teams to try It makes perfect sense to me especially in baseball when you have so many rounds and there's it's sometimes Indistinguishable the difference between the first overall pick and the 50th overall pick The best teams that don't make the playoffs get and and if they happen to sneak it to the playoffs all the better Motivate teams to win try to win make trades to win it would make the trading deadline more interesting It would make the season more interesting teams that are out of it would give you a reason to go out there and root For them to win games. It's a perfect solution Now as a way to control combat service time games Which you know teams keep strong prospects down to impact when they could begin arbitration of free agency Union proposed that a first-year player Would be awarded a full year of service And you were top three in rookie of the year MVP Cy Young or the Rivera Hoffman relief awards Was the LCS or World Series MVP or let a league and wins above replacement based on a blend of formulas I don't think the owners will go for that As a way to improve the game experience for fans Union offered to allow more players and dugouts to be miked and Have two-way mics between players so that in-game conversations can be heard by fans I like that and the Union proposed having a single trade deadline as early as before the all-star game as a way to force teams To try to win early and not sell off late Currently non waver deadline is July 31st waiver deadline is August 31st. Now. Here's the point. I love There are also right recommendations for studying the studying the lowering of the mound, which I hate I mean, what do you want 500 runs a game scored? Expanding the rosters to 26, which I love in exchange for September lowering to 28 there you go a 40-man roster in September Is one of the great dereliction of duty to what the sports about? And they say allowing major league contracts to amateur two sports athletes such as Kyle and Mari I don't like that because there's gonna be a guy who said by way I was on the tennis team. Yeah, yeah, but we ready. That's that's that's impossible So I would do that what I don't understand about the expansion of the rosters Expand the rosters, but how they have healthy scratches you expend the you you could expand the roster But you're still only allowed to dress The 25 Right. Yeah, why do teams get this influx of talent at the time when it's supposed to be a war of attrition, right? Why do I get all these fresh arms in September when I'm supposed to be battling to try to show you that? I'm stronger than you with what I had at the beginning of the year So bring these guys up because the minor league seasons over they need something to do and they can play But it's gonna come at the expense of somebody else do it like hockey you have a roster But you know what you're only allowed to dress in hockey It's 20 baseball you can have a 25 or even expanded to 28 if you want But to have 50 guys in the dugout all of them eligible to play at the time of the year when these games are the most important That makes zero sense. It's terrible It really is because there are teams that are playing for something and you could look at the Red Sox to hear that Terry Francona got fired You know, they were playing the Orioles and And the Orioles, you know the bucks running pitcher after pitcher out of there I mean a good manager is going to be able to take advantage of a 16 man bullpen another one of the proposals I read they want the bullpen to be limited to 12. I love that too And that maybe would stop all the nonsense with starters or openers or whatever the case may be