MLB in brief: A few weeks of absence for Pete Alonso | Anthony Bass, a baseball decision

Updated #MLB rule-changes impact

TIME OF GAME
2:37 (2023); 3:05 (2022)

RUNS PER GAME
9.3 (2023); 8.7 (2022)

BATTING AVERAGE
.247 (2023); .242 (2022)

BASERUNNING
1.8 stolen bases per game (2023); 1.4 (2022)

STOLEN BASE SUCCESS
79.7% (2023, highest in history); 75.4% (2022)

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) June 9, 2023

Ross Atkins on DFA’ing Anthony Bass:

“Performance was a large part of this decision. Distraction was a small part but it factored in.”#BlueJays

— Scott Mitchell (@ScottyMitchTSN) June 9, 2023

Joe Girardi has been offered the head baseball coach position at the University of Central Florida, sources tell me and @juanctoribio. Girardi, who has managed the Marlins, Yankees and Phillies and won the 2009 WS, has not made a decision yet as to whether he will accept the job.

— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) June 8, 2023

A conspiracy theory has brewed inside the Phillies clubhouse for weeks. The pitch clock, they said, was faster at Citizens Bank Park than anywhere else. Visiting agreed players. That can’t be. Right?

Now there’s data to support it. A modern baseball tale: https://t.co/FnYAqgYLTH pic.twitter.com/pfbri2FceO

— Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) June 9, 2023

Salt Lake City could be home to a future MLB franchise — but Utah residents are split on who would pay to bring a club to the state’s capital.@andrew_cohen0 explain »

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) June 9, 2023

The Oakland A’s attempt to relocate to Las Vegas has gone into extra innings.

The Nevada Senate—which requires a simple majority to pass a bill on to the state Assembly—appears split on funding.

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) June 9, 2023