![]() Yankees manager Aaron Boone said there will be no pitch clock in use when New York plays Tampa at Disney's ESPN Wide World Sports on Tuesday because the facility isn't equipped for it. They're just trying to do their best to communicate beforehand." "They don't want to have to hit anybody on a violation. We were joking around, figuring it out together," said Bieber, who walked one and struck out one. ![]() Miles Mastrobuoni ended up grounding out to the pitcher, and after the inning Bieber and Guardians manager Terry Francona each had discussions with home plate umpire Jordan Baker. The bad blood dates back to a game last year when Bucknor ejected Marmol and the manager said Bucknor had "no class."Ĭleveland's Shane Bieber, making his first spring start, was also dinged with an automatic ball for throwing a warmup pitch with less than 30 seconds left on the between-innings clock. You hand the lineup card and you shake the hands of the four umpires who are running that game." "I was raised and brought up this organization to do exactly what I did today," Marmol said. Bucknor shook hands when lineup cards were exchanged before the game, a day after Bucknor refused to. Suzuki was set to play for Japan, but he was scratched from Chicago's exhibition lineup on Saturday because of left oblique tightness.Ĭardinals manager Oliver Marmol and umpire C.B. Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki has pulled out of the World Baseball Classic. ![]() The paper said he will have an MRI on Tuesday. Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow threw just six pitches before cutting short a live batting practice session with an abdominal muscle injury, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Dodgers infielder Gavin Lux went down going from second to third in Monday's game against the San Diego Padres and had to be taken off the field on a cart. "Especially now, going back to the new defenses, they really have to know the range of each guy and where they are on double plays." "Those guys, they have to really know each other," Baker said. Altuve will play for Venezuela, and Peña will play for the Dominican Republic. He also won a Gold Glove and was the AL Championship Series MVP.Īstros manager Dusty Baker said he hopes to play Altuve and Peña together as much as possible during Spring Training before the World Baseball Classic starts in March. 345 in the postseason last year, and was the first rookie position player to win the World Series MVP. Both were hitless in three at-bats apiece, but they turned a double play in the fourth. Houston's star infielders Jose Altuve and Jeremy Peña made their exhibition season debuts in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Marlins in West Palm Beach, Florida. "I'll just have to figure out my routine, adjust my routine a little bit and kind of go from there." "It's here, and we have to abide by the rules, and we have to learn how to do it," Barnes said. The new rules, which also limit the number of times a pitcher can throw to first base, have helped cut more than 20 minutes from spring training games through the first weekend, dropping from an average of 3 hours, 1 minute last spring to 2:39. "In Boston, we played a nine-inning, four-and-a-half-hour game against New York on a Tuesday. "I like the idea of games being shorter," Marlins reliever Matt Barnes said. ![]() On Saturday, Boston's game against Atlanta ended on a walk-off automatic strike on Sunday, Mets ace Max Scherzer struck out Washington's Joey Meneses in just 27 seconds. ![]() Major League Baseball approved its first pitch clock this season, and every day is a new experience for the players as they try to get used to them this spring. After Mantiply entered the game as a reliever, he took too long to throw his warmup pitches then Davis was too slow to get ready for the pitch. By the time Cubs outfielder Brennen Davis actually saw a pitch from Arizona's Joe Mantiply, the count was already at a ball and a strike.īoth the hitter and pitcher were penalized at the start of Davis' at-bat to lead off the top of the third inning of Monday's spring training game, the latest odd twist in baseball's speed-up rules. ![]()
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