Manny Machado charged with a strike for first violation of MLB's new rules; reviews are generally positive after quick contest
“It was quick, man,” Machado said. “That’s a quick time. I thought I had enough time. I got up there, the umpire said, ‘Hey, you’ve got a few seconds. Let’s go.’ I looked up and he banged it. It’s quick. … It’s gonna be an adjustment for sure.”
Juan Soto followed Machado’s single with a grounder up the middle that may have been fielded by the shortstop in previous seasons. But with the new requirement that two defenders be on each side of second base and on the dirt when the pitcher is on the rubber, the space was open for the ball to roll to center field for a single.
“Sometimes I stayed on the grass a little bit,” Bogaerts said. “ was cool about it, just reminding me. Got to create muscle memory a little bit.” Martinez complimented catcher Luis Campusano for quickly calling pitches and said it helped to have the two-way PitchCom this year. Unlike last year, when only catchers could call pitches, pitchers now wear a device on their belt on which they can punch in their own calls. Martinez said he did so “a few times.”
Weathers threw 35 pitches, and he hit the device with his elbow during his windup about 30 times. Each time, he and Campusano would hear a pitch called.
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