The Automated Ball-Strike System might be the most talked-about change in Major League Baseball this coming season, but it won’t be the only adjustment on the field.
MLB owners voted on Thursday to enforce a rule that requires first- and third-base coaches to stay within their designated boxes until a pitch is thrown.
“The clubs approved a rule change on the coaches’ box requiring more adherence to the existing lines in the box,” commissioner Rob Manfred said after the vote at the owners’ annual meetings in Florida.
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