New Rules 2020

[gamer052001]

I know some of these have been discussed in various threads, but I was hoping to put it in one place and see if anyone has confirmation on these being implemented:

1. 3 batter minimum or finish the inning for pitchers.

Pretty sure they plan to implement this and can't see why they wouldn't.

2. 26 man rosters, with designation of pitchers maxed at 13.

I read this will be done, but I'm really hoping that the two-way player portion of this rule will be implemented as well. This would allow the Angels to add a pitcher to the roster once Ohtani qualifies as a two-player ( 20 innings and 20 games as a position player with 3 plate appearances)

[tessl]

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As a manage mode player I'm probably going to struggle with the new 3 batter minimum rule. My guess is it will be a one year rule which will be changed after 2020.

What will be interesting in 2021 is the plan to go to the electronic strike zone. MLBTS 21 will need to program that.

[kehlis]

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What will be interesting in 2021 is the plan to go to the electronic strike zone. MLBTS 21 will need to program that.

They won't have to do anything, they've had the electronic strike zone in the game since the series began.

[LastActionHero]

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What will be interesting in 2021 is the plan to go to the electronic strike zone. MLBTS 21 will need to program that.

Man, some things they just shouldn’t change. Leave a little human element in it.

[countryboy]

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26 man rosters will be in '20 and I'm almost certain it includes the 13 pitcher maximum.

26 man rosters = IN

13 Pitcher Max = I'm 90% sure its in

3 batter min or finish inning = IN

[My993C2]

Re: New Rules 2020

As a manage mode player I'm probably going to struggle with the new 3 batter minimum rule. My guess is it will be a one year rule which will be changed after 2020.

The new 3 batter rule only applies to the current inning right? Once a new inning starts, the managers are free to sub in another pitcher? I don't really see this as a huge change, especially for us. Gone will be the day when you match up a southpaw pitcher to face just one lefty batter before going back to the right hand pitcher. For the real world games, this will be a time saver. But for us I can't see it being a huge issue one way or another. In fact the new rule is likely to help the managers in tie games going into extra innings since they are likely to have an extra arm or two in the bullpen that would have been used up in the past. I think this rule will last beyond just a single year. But only time will tell.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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Hope that they adjusted call ups in September to only 28 man. Trade deadline for postseason eligibility now at July 31.

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[countryboy]

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The new 3 batter rule only applies to the current inning right? Once a new inning starts, the managers are free to sub in another pitcher? I don't really see this as a huge change, especially for us. Gone will be the day when you match up a southpaw pitcher to face just one lefty batter before going back to the right hand pitcher. For the real world games, this will be a time saver. But for us I can't see it being a huge issue one way or another. In fact the new rule is likely to help the managers in tie games going into extra innings since they are likely to have an extra arm or two in the bullpen that would have been used up in the past. I think this rule will last beyond just a single year. But only time will tell.

That is correct.

A pitcher must face a minimum of 3 hitters in the inning he comes into.

Ex: If a pitcher comes into the 7th inning, he must face 3 batters that inning unless the inning ends. If the inning ends then the manager can put a new pitcher in the 8th inning regardless of the number of batters the previous reliever faced.

[thawkprime 21]

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I wonder if the 3 batter minimum will also be inforced in the dymond dynasty games. As with some of the challenges being only 3 innings this will have a major impact on team building in that mode.

[tessl]

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They won't have to do anything, they've had the electronic strike zone in the game since the series began.

They do have something called "perfect". Perhaps it matches what will happen when MLB implements the electronic strike zone, perhaps not.

I use perfect in manage mode and I tend to get lower scoring games than IRL.

[tessl]

Re: New Rules 2020

The new 3 batter rule only applies to the current inning right? Once a new inning starts, the managers are free to sub in another pitcher? I don't really see this as a huge change, especially for us. Gone will be the day when you match up a southpaw pitcher to face just one lefty batter before going back to the right hand pitcher. For the real world games, this will be a time saver. But for us I can't see it being a huge issue one way or another. In fact the new rule is likely to help the managers in tie games going into extra innings since they are likely to have an extra arm or two in the bullpen that would have been used up in the past. I think this rule will last beyond just a single year. But only time will tell.

I've noticed in mlbts - manage mode - some days an individual player plays above average, some days average, some days below average. If a relief pitcher has poor stuff three batters can lose the game.

The rule was implemented to speed up the game after they implemented replays which slow down the game. A rule change shouldn't change the outcome of a game.

[My993C2]

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I've noticed in mlbts - manage mode - some days an individual player plays above average, some days average, some days below average. If a relief pitcher has poor stuff three batters can lose the game.

The rule was implemented to speed up the game after they implemented replays which slow down the game. A rule change shouldn't change the outcome of a game.

Point taken. I guess in the real world they can fake an injury, but here we are just going to need to ride it out and hope not too much damage is inflicted when we put in a reliever who is not dialed in.

[My993C2]

Re: New Rules 2020

I've noticed in mlbts - manage mode - some days an individual player plays above average, some days average, some days below average. If a relief pitcher has poor stuff three batters can lose the game.

The rule was implemented to speed up the game after they implemented replays which slow down the game. A rule change shouldn't change the outcome of a game.

I played a MoM Spring Training game yesterday in MLBTS19, but I played it (at least for my team) where I would make sure the pitchers coming into the game out of the bullpen would be required to face three batters before they could be subbed out of the game and this new rule change is bad. It is absolutely going to have a negative effect on some games. Case in point my team had a disastrous 6th inning. The first reliever could not get anyone out, so after three batters, I brought a 2nd reliever into the game who was just as bad if not worse than the first guy. I ended up giving up six runs in the inning and while yes without the rule change, neither one of the pitchers I called into the game were effective and it would not have been a good inning for the team under the 2019 rules. But the new rule made it worse since I was unable to pull the plug on either reliever sooner. I would not be surprised to see MLB revert from this rule some time during the 2020 season when similar scenarios will cost the real world teams to lose games because of the rule change.

[gamer052001]

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Has anyone heard or seen how they plan to implement 2 way players via the new rule? I'm hoping it's done correctly where 20 innings and 20 starts as a position player with 3 ABs qualifies guys for 2 way status and they don't count toward one of the 13 allowed pitchers on the 26 man roster.

That being said, I wonder if guys like Jared Walsh and Jake Cronenworth will even have pitching attributes......