Baseball's last-place Lotte violates pitch clock, first-place average game time

Baseball is last, pitch clock violations first.

The Lotte Giants are the team with the most violations of the pitch clock this season.

The Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) announced the mid-year results of pitch clock violations in the KBO for the 2024 season on Saturday. The KBO had planned to simultaneously introduce ABS, a robotic umpire, and the pitch clock, which requires pitchers to pitch and batters to prepare to bat within a set time frame, for the 2024 season. However, due to the backlash from the field, which argued that too much change too soon could lead to confusion, the KBO decided to start with ABS and pitch clock this season, with full implementation next year.

This is a trial year, so teams don't have to follow the rules, but each team's stance is slightly different. Some teams want to focus on the game and not worry about it at all, while others want to comply to some extent to prepare for next season. That's why the number of violations varies from team to team.

In the 178 games played from the opening day to the fifth day, PitchClock recorded a total of 2173 violations. That's an average of 12.21 per game.

In March, when there was a warning, there were only 5.85 violations per game, but in April, the number jumped to 11.88. This is evidence that many teams have put the pitch clock out of their minds.

By team, Lotte leads the pack with 10.59 violations per game. This compares to KT Wiz's 3.38 violations, which is a huge difference. Lotte hired manager Kim Tae-hyung to revolutionize the organization this season, but the team has struggled to start the season and is 11-1 and 22-22.

There are different violations for batters, pitchers, and catchers, with the Hanwha Eagles leading the way with 161 violations for batters. Hanwha is the only team with more than 100 violations in this category. Lotte also led the way in catcher violations with 10. The total number of catcher violations among the 10 teams is 31.

With pitch clock violations, Lotte is also the leader in average game time. They are first with 3 hours and 13 minutes for 9 innings. The shortest team is Kiwoom Heroes with an average of 2 hours and 58 minutes.

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