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THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHANGE
Major League Baseball Thursday announced some rule changes for the 2024 season: A shorter pitch clock with runners on base, a wider lane for runners between home plate and first base and a reduction in mound visits. MLB.com takes a look at the changes.
THE NEXT BIG THING
Now that 25-year-old Japanese righthander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has agreed to a 12-year, $325 million deal with the Dodgers, MLB.com turns to Statcast to examine how his stuff may play in the major leagues.
CHOPPING IT UP
Baseball’s best team in the 2023 regular season, the Braves fell flat in October. Here’s a candid conversation with Atlanta GM Alex Anthopoulos.
THE TAX MAN COMETH
A record 8 teams will pay a record $209.8 million in luxury tax in 2023. Leading the way, the New York Mets, who won only 75 games despite a tax payroll of $374.7 million that resulted in them owing just under $101 million in luxury tax. They’ll pay more in tax alone this year than 8 teams spent on their entire payroll.
MAKING THEIR BEST PITCH
Who had Baseball’s 3rd-best slider? Eno Sarris of The Athletic breaks down the best pitches of the 2023 season.
A HAIRY SITUATION
Scott Miller wrote a fun piece for the New York Times about the Yankees’ long-standing policy against beards and long hair. Could it be costing them players in 2024?
ICYMI
This week in VFTB:
Looking to make a move in the standings, several 2023 also-rans across MLB are spending aggressively this offseason.
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