NEW YORK — The average time of a nine-inning major league baseball game increased by 2 minutes this season to 2:38 in the third year of the pitch clock. MLB's average fell from 3:04 in 2022 to 2:40 ...
In the 2023 season, Major League Baseball (MLB) introduced the pitch clock, perhaps the biggest change to America's pastime in decades. No longer would pitchers be permitted to dawdle on the mound.