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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

What White Sox players are saying about the new rules in MLB

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The new rules in MLB are some of the biggest changes made to the game in decades. There's a pitch clock, larger bases, a limit on infield shifts, and much shorter game times. What do White Sox players think about all the changes? Chuck Garfien speaks with Lance Lynn, Michael Kopech, Yasmani Grandal, Seby Zavala, Billy Hamilton, Jake Burger and Elvis Andrus about the new rules, how they are adapting to them and what it means for the game of baseball.2:40 - Lance Lynn6:28 - Michael Kopech9:08- Yasmani Grandal11:23 - Seby Zavala19:02 - Billy Hamilton22:58 - Jake Burger26:55 - Elvis Andrus

Transcript

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0:00.0

I see a lot of green lights for Billy Hamilton this year. What do you see?

0:06.3

Oh, I love green lights. I talk to Debo about it. I said, Debo, listen, don't you give me the red light,

0:11.5

because I'm not looking at you. You better be green the whole time. And I feel like it's going to be great.

0:19.6

Well, Billy Hamilton loves the new rule changes in major league baseball.

0:25.6

Some of the biggest changes the game has seen in decades, and we're going to talk about

0:29.9

them here on the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you by WinTrust.

0:34.7

Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Garfine, and on the podcast, I speak with several White Sox

0:39.6

players about these new rules and what they're going to mean for hitters, pitchers, infielders,

0:45.9

and yes, base dealers like Billy. The league wants games to have a better pace, more action,

0:51.6

and more balls in play. So they've installed a pitch clock. They've essentially

0:56.7

banned infield shifts, and they've increased the size of the bases. And game times have been

1:03.3

reduced dramatically. Spring training games are averaging around two and a half hours. Some of them

1:09.0

have been as quick as two hours.

1:11.8

What do the White Sox players think about these rule changes?

1:15.4

You can hear from Lance Lynn, Michael Kopeck, Yasmani Grandal, Elvis Andrews, Jake Berger, Sebi Zavala, and Billy Hamilton.

1:23.8

You're going to hear some very interesting perspectives from all of them as new school

1:29.9

meets old school and what this means for you the fans. It starts with Lynn and Kopeck. It's

1:37.5

coming up next.

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