DENVER — Home plate used to be a place where the sociable Brandon Crawford would touch base with catchers and umpires. Just a casual conversation to catch up: How’s the family? What’s up? That sort of ...

Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and the rest of major league pitchers are likely to be looking over their shoulders next season: at a pitch clock. Clocks have cut the length of minor league games by ...

San Diego Padres star Manny Machado committed the first pitch clock violation in a spring training game, getting docked a strike in the first inning because he was not set and facing the pitcher in ...

Major League Baseball has introduced several new rule changes over the years, including the addition of a pitch clock, shift ...

The United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL), an independent league based in Michigan, is recruiting players in order to "build the ability to pitch deep into games." Can it be done?