"I’ve gone on record multiple times as being in favor of a pitch clock added to major league baseball games to help pick up the pace of play. While baseball isn’t a timed game like football http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , basketball, hockey and soccer, it’s had a rule on the books for decades requiring a pitch to be thrown within a specified length of time. The clock is supposed to be a mechanism to enforce that rule.Some of you don’t like that. Even Jon Lester spoke out against it:Now, Major League Baseball has made a wide-ranging proposal on various rule changes that would eliminate the pitch clock until 2022. Here are the main parts of that proposal, as reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan:I’m on board with these proposals. The three-batter-minimum rule would help speed up games by eliminating the parades of relievers that often happen in the late innings of close games. It would require managers and front offices to develop pitching staffs that would be more versatile and able to handle batters from both sides of the plate. The roster rule noted above would, by capping the number of pitchers on a roster, add at least one position player to each roster, again, helping to increase a manager’s versatility with his bench.Other proposals include limiting the use of position players as pitchers Kirk Gibson Jersey , shortening inning breaks to 1:55 in both locally-televised (currently 2:05) and nationally-televised (currently 2:25) games, moving the injured list (and time in the minors after being optioned) back to 15 days and “a joint study” of the strike zone and mound height and distance.In conjunction with that last point, MLB announced a partnership with the independent Atlantic League to test out more interesting ideas such as a mound distance longer than 60 feet, six inches, and — ready for this? — an automated strike zone.Now, that would make it very interesting to check out an Atlantic League game this summer.Lastly, remember that MLB retains the right to institute a pitch clock unilaterally if the league and the MLBPA can’t come to an agreement on the proposals mentioned here. Given what Rob Manfred said at his Cactus League media day news conference, I have no doubt that MLB will do exactly that if players and management can’t come to an agreement by Opening Day. Reynaldo L贸pez gets the start under the lights against the new look Cincinnati Reds."WhiteFanposts FanpostsFanshotsSections AnalysisGame RecapsGamethreadsMinorsOffbeatFull ArchiveExclusives South Side Sox Hall of FameCard of the MonthDeep DiveDigitsFlashbackFranchise FactsKnow Your EnemyMost Essential White SoxRace to the BottomSix Pack of StatsSouth Side SnapSouth Side StumperSSS Literary SupplementSuper Stats PackThe Game I’ll Never ForgetTwitterpatingUnder the RadarView From the Other SideWhite Sox on SB Nation HomeStoriesScheduleRosterStatsWhite Sox on Yahoo! HomeDepth ChartTransactionsMasthead MastheadMeet the Players!Links White Sox Web LinksSouth Side Sox standardsCommunity GuidelinesOdds Shop StubHub 鉁旼amethread: White Sox at RedsNew,17commentsReynaldo L贸pez gets the start under the lights against the new look Cincinnati Reds.CDTShareTweetShareShareGamethread: White Sox at RedsLucky 7: Reynaldo L贸pez struck out 7 in his last performance http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , and he is starting on long rest tonight.Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY SportsThe White Sox will take their 7-14 spring record to Goodyear in a matchup against the Cincinnati Reds.Reynaldo L贸pez enters with a 6.75 ERA this spring. This is his first start since March 9, when he pitched well against the Rangers, striking out 7 and allowing just 1 run in 4 innings. His fastball also reached 96 mph, which is an encouraging sign as we approach the regular season.Here is the good guys’ starting lineup:As expected, outside of Garc铆a in center field instead of Engel, the White Sox’ lineup is mighty similar to how it will probably be on Opening Day. Yesterday, the White Sox’ bats managed very little after Yonder Alonso’s two-run homer in the first inning. They did not score or get any more extra base hits from that point forward. They look to get back on track after that 5-2 loss. In spite of hitless performances yesterday, key starters Yoan Moncada and Tim Anderson have an OPS of 1.099 and .965, respectively.The Reds will line up this way:That Cincinnati lineup is quite different from what it was last year. Matt Kemp Victor Martinez Jersey , Yasiel Puig, and Derek Dietrich are all new acquisitions who were starters on a different National League team last year. Their top prospect and #6 in baseball according to MLB Pipeline, Nick Senzel, is leading off for them. RIght-hander Lucas Sims, who was a late first round pick in the 2012 draft, will be squaring off against Reynaldo L贸pez.The game starts at 8:05 CST and is available on NBC Sports Chicago.