MLBPA's Clark concerned with pitch clock change

MLBPA President Tony Clark said that MLB’s move to “slice two seconds off the pitch clock with runners on base is too much, too soon.” The clock is shortening to 18 seconds from 20 with men on base and will stay at 15 seconds with no one on. Clark said discussion around changing the pitch clock "should have warranted a much longer dialogue than what we had.” He added, “We voiced those concerns, players voiced those concerns, and yet, the push through of the change to the pitch clock still happened.” Clark: “We just had the biggest adjustment this league has ever seen in regards to length of game and how the game was affected, by including a clock. Rather than give us another year to adjust and adapt to it, why are we adjusting again, and what are the ramifications going to be?” Clark’s main concern is that pitchers have "less time between pitches to recover, particularly when maximum effort and pitch velocity are so important" (AP, 2/24).