ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Extra innings throughout the minor leagues will start with a runner at second base. In addition, a 15-second pitch clock when there are no runners on base will be ...

A proposal that would have put a runner on second base in the 10th inning of spring training games has fallen through, a source confirmed to ESPN. The players' association refused to sign the ...

Major League Baseball plans on testing a rule change in the minor leagues this season that automatically would place a runner on second base to start extra innings, according to Yahoo! Sports ...

Major League Baseball, in its ongoing effort to address the sluggish pace of games, intends to test a rule change in the minor leagues this season that would put a runner on second base to start ...

Beginning in 2018, extra innings at all levels of the minor leagues will begin with a runner on second base. That runner will be the player in the batting order listed before the leadoff hitter in ...