A major point of emphasis in the off-season coming into the 2023 off-season was speeding up the pace of play and getting more game action. Pitch clocks, the ban of the shift and bigger bases were the major changes at the MLB-level to get more interest. It succeeded. MLB saw a near 10% increase in attendance and game times were cut by nearly 20-25 minutes per contest. That didn’t exactly translate into marquee World Series ratings, however, and baseball will no doubt try to find ways to increase the popularity of the game.
Baseball is already in discussions about more ways to speed up the game.