In The Wheelhouse

This week on the ITW, we will dive into some of the proposed rule changes for the upcoming MLB season; we cover off on the real reason the games are taking so long; Manny Machado and Bryce Harper finally sign; we’ll discuss some articles we read on 538.com and in The Athletic and we will pay our respects to the great Frank Robinson.      · Travis Sawchuk from 538.com points out that an increase in foul balls is slowing baseball down. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/foul-balls-are-the-pace-of-play-problem-nobodys-talking-about/?fbclid=IwAR0wddpBXSh1QyQwPABaT5b99KoHBVk1EDKyxmvwHKT1mmO074_OW7a0aQw · Kris Bryant speaks out on service time manipulation, Sahadev Sharma writes in the Athletic  https://theathletic.com/837222/2019/02/25/its-awful-kris-bryant-on-how-baseballs-service-time-rule-needs-to-change/?fbclid=IwAR0f3AciexeEHh-MWsyTT5y9BvwuRcadt2Gv8Hpsbk6JhhfZboI_yIiUck4