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If a pitcher fails to start their motion in time, it is an automatic "Ball" .

The 2023 Major League Baseball season marked the most radical transformation of the game's pace in modern history. With the official implementation of the pitch clock—or —MLB aimed to curb rapidly rising game times and inject action back into the sport. According to Baseball-Reference , the experiment proved to be a "resounding success" in its first year, shaving over 20 minutes off the average game time.

The MLB Pitch Timer , designed to keep the game moving, operates with specific time constraints between pitches:

If a batter is not ready by the 8-second mark, it is an automatic "Strike" . Disengagements and Pickoffs

Pitchers have 20 seconds to deliver the pitch with runners on base.