Buck Showalter’s plan to address MLB rule changes as Mets face increased challenge
Buck Showalter is preparing a 20-question quiz for his players when they gather as a full squad for the first time.seminal changes — and the Mets manager wants to learn how much his players know about what is afoot. Plus, Showalter suspects that he will not receive a lot of A-plus grades. Thus, the results will make it easier to justify to his players why he is spending so much time drilling and re-drilling amid arguably the most important spring training for preparation reasons in MLB history.
Ah, the brevity. As if the degree of difficulty were not enough in adjusting to a pitch clock, new pickoff rules and the elimination of extreme shifts — and variations within each. The World Baseball Classic also is coming this spring, meaning many of the best players will be leaving for chunks of time to first train then play for the United States or the Dominican Republic or Venezuela or one of the 20 teams participating.Wait, it gets better. The tournament is being played under the old rules.
What could be the most unsettling for the Mets is potentially facing the in-spring departure of their starting infield — Pete Alonso , Jeff McNeil , Francisco Lindor and Eduardo Escobar . This at a time when the new rules will include limitations on shifts, notably that two infielders must be positioned on each side of the second-base bag and all infielders must have both feet on the infield dirt.
by discomforting batters by changing how long he stays in the set or altering the time it takes to deliver each pitch.Showalter plans to dedicate a half field to, among other items, assuring his players are comfortable with bigger bases and fewer pitcher disengagements of the rubber to, for example, throwing over to first to keep a runner close. Showalter intends to play some Mets vs.
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