mandatory minimums for relief pitchers and extra-inning ghost runners. An overstatement? Maybe. Degrees of change are subjective, of course. Yet the basics of the Golden At-Bat – that a team ...

The introduction of a Golden At-Bat rule – at least without very strict ... it would also likely mean a decline in the stats for the league’s relief pitchers, who would suddenly be facing ...

So says Pittsburgh Post-Gazette beat writer Noah Hiles, who covered the winter meetings and came away with the impression that the Pirates are looking for a corner outfield bat, with little ...

Jayson Stark, writing for The Athletic, proffered several variations of the rule, including limiting it to being used by teams who are trailing or tied, or only allowing a golden at-bat in the ...