The Arizona Diamondbacks are young, fast and playing an old-school style of baseball. MLB rules changes next year should fit their style perfectly.
For instance, a pitcher will be limited to two"disengagements," defined as pickoff attempts or steps off the rubber, per plate appearance. If a third pickoff attempt is unsuccessful, the runner advances one base.
The Diamondbacks have two rookies in the top 10: outfielder Corbin Carroll is No. 1 with a sprint speed of 30.8, and outfielder Jake McCarthy is No. 9 at 30.1. Three other players on the current roster, Cooper Hummel, Stone Garrett and Alek Thomas, are well above average in the metric. “You know what our identity has become,” Rojas said, “speed and taking extra bases and really putting pressure on the defense. So I'm a big, big fan of the rule changes so far.”
The Diamondbacks have that, too, especially in the outfield, where Varsho, McCarthy, Carroll and Thomas already have shown their worth. InRead more: The objective of the rules changes, it seems, is to motivate more teams to play baseball the way it was played before the game became a three-hour wait to see who could hit more three-run homers, or strike out the most. Before defensive alignments resembled something from a slow-pitch softball league.
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