MLB Players want input regarding pace of play issues

MLB Players want to have their input heard as the league considers different options to speed up pace of play.

Major League Baseball has implemented some experimental measures in the Arizona Fall League to speed up the pace of play for their games. As this becomes a more prominent issue for MLB in the months and years to come, the league’s players have come forward and said that they want to be sure they have enough input in the conversation.

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Jayson Stark of ESPN.com passes along the following quotes about how players want to be involved in the process:

"“Players are very interested in being involved in these discussions,” veteran pitcher Kevin Slowey said. “We just want to be part of a collaborative effort to address these issues. And we want to have a voice. We don’t want to overpower any other voices. We’d just like to have our voice heard.”“It’s just important for us to have a say,” Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson said. “It doesn’t need to be all 750 of us. It’s just important to have three or four players who can say, ‘Hey, we’ve noticed this, and we feel this way.'”"

Stark also notes that there were zero players on the seven-person pace of play committee that was recently formed. In order to implement changes that will actually stick and have a long-term impact, it would behoove Major League Baseball to include players in the discussion.

The players are the ones who will have to change how they operate to actually execute any pace of play changes. Does that mean the players might whine and make this process more difficult? Quite possibly, but it is still worthwhile to have the players involved so that any prospective changes can actually last and make a difference on this key issue.

MLB Players want to have their input heard as the league considers different options to speed up pace of play.

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