Could of new rule changes are happening this season.
Mound visits are now strictly timed for 30 seconds and starts the moment a manager or pitching coach leaves the dugout.
Due to a few nasty incidents last year, sliding rules got changed both to lessen potential injuries and determine what counts as a legal slide from now on. Automatic double play out if any of the 4 situations don't happen from a slide.
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It starts by describing what a runner can do, outlining four main tenets of a legal slide into second base:
• Slide prior to reaching the base.
• Slide so you are able to and attempt to reach or touch the base.
• Slide so you are able to and attempt to stay on the base.
• Do not change your pathway to the base.
Runners who follow those four rules are allowed to take out the fielder legally, according to the rule.
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Phantom out calls at 2nd base are now reviewable.
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It also made the so-called neighborhood play — in which a fielder who doesn't touch second base but gets an out because he was near the bag — reviewable by replay.
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