Why did Major League Baseball introduce new rules for 2023?
Major League Baseball has long grappled with a stigma that its games were boring because they were too long without much action.  

There were multiple reasons for games to swell to over 3 hours long on average, but notably were more pitching changes, long delays between pitches, batters who would step out of the batters box between pitches, evolving batter strategies to be home-run or strikeout, and increased coach mound visits.  

In 2023, Major League Baseball implemented a number of drastic rule changes in its top flight league that had shortened game times to 2 hours, 30 minutes in lower levels called the Minor Leagues.  These changes included a pitch clock, limiting the number of pickoff attempts.  To increase the amount of offense generated, they eliminated the defensive shift and increased the size of the bases, effectively shortening the distance between bases to encourage more stolen base attempts.  

Through the first week of the 2023 season, the average length of game is down to 2 hours, 30 minutes like the Minors, batting averages are up 15 points to .245, and the number of stolen bases doubled in comparison to the year before.
Por que a Liga Maior de Baseball introduziu novas regras para 2023?
A Major League Baseball tem lutado há muito tempo com o estigma de que seus jogos eram chatos porque eram muito longos sem muita ação. Havia várias razões para os jogos ficarem com mais de 3 horas de duração em média, mas notavelmente eram mais mudanças de pitching, longos atrasos entre pitches, batedores que sairiam da caixa de batedores entre pitches, estratégias de batedor em evolução para ser home run ou strikeout e visitas a treinos. Em 2023, a Major League Baseball implementou uma série de mudanças drásticas nas regras em sua liga de primeira linha que reduziram os tempos de jogo para 2 horas, 30 minutos em níveis mais baixos chamados de Minor Leagues. Essas mudanças incluíram um relógio de pitch, limitando o número de tentativas de pick-off. Para aumentar a quantidade de ofensiva gerada, eles eliminaram o número de bases defensivas e aumentaram o tamanho das bases, reduzindo efetivamente a distância entre as bases roubadas para incentivar mais tentativas.