MLB: Pitch Clock Rule changes for 2023

Topic

With the new MLB rules for 2023, we wanted to provide a guide as to how to use DakStats to score these new situations.

DakStats and Pitch Clock rules
Editing At Bat text

Environment

Product: Pitch Clock Rules
Component:
Control System: Baseball 2023 or later

Steps

Pitch Clock Rules

DakStats Behavior

Pitcher: Pitchers who violate the timer are charged with an automatic ball.
- Example: If the count was 2-1, now the count is 3-1. If the result of adding a ball creates a walk situation, then the batter goes to first base and the at-bat is scored as a walk in DakStats.
Batter: Batters who violate the timer are charged with an automatic strike.
- Example: If the count was 2-1, now the count is 2-2. If the result of adding a strike creates a strikeout situation, then the batter is out, and their at-bat is scored as a strikeout-looking in DakStats.
Pitcher Disengagements: By rule, if the pitcher completes more than two disengagements, it is scored as a balk. DakStats has a balk feature that allows you to move the baserunners while keeping everything else the same. DakStats Baseball: How do I enter a Balk?

If displaying a batter’s previous at-bat text, it is possible to edit DakStats-provided description for these new situations.

At Bat Text

In DakStats Baseball, the At Bat tab displays the previous at bat text and game summary for the current batter. This area is used to monitor the text that being sent out to electronic displays as well as for online Webcasts.

Click the pencil icon, modify the text, and then click the green checkmark to save the changes.

To modify batters’ text before they are at bat:

Right-click a player’s name in the roster and click Edit Batter Text to open the Edit Batter Text window.
Make the appropriate changes and click OK.

Editing RTD Batter Text

The Edit RTD Batter Text window sets how certain types of text will appear for batters’ previous at bats.

Go to Configure > Batter Text.
Click a text box once to select it, and then click it again to begin typing in the new at bat text.
Click Restore All Defaults to return the original settings, or click OK to save the new text.

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