JUPITER — Picking up the pace of games has long been a priority for Major League Baseball, and now the league is doing something about it. For the first time, MLB has implemented a pitch timer in an ...

Major League Baseball Friday announced the format of a 20-second pitch timer that will be used during Spring Training games beginning Saturday. The pitch timer will be introduced in three phases: In ...

Spring training exhibition games began Friday and we didn't have to wait long to see the first pitch clock violation. San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado was hit with an automatic strike in ...

Spring training games might be a little ugly this year, particularly during the first few weeks. For Major League Baseball, that's a feature, not a bug. The Grapefruit and Cactus League games in ...