Proposed mlb rule changes

AP Updated 2:21 AM EST Nov 8, 2018 CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — The agent for free agent Bryce Harper and many of baseball's top players claims rebuilding teams have become a "competitive cancer" that caused this season's 4 percent attendance drop. As the sport's officials start to consider possible rules changes to spark offense and speed up play, Scott Boras acidly critiqued several clubs that were among the 17 to draw fewer fans this year than last. Boras pointed out Louisiana State's baseball team had a higher average attendance for its 37 home games than the Miami Marlins did for their 81 — 10,786 to 10,014. "The fans of Florida have certainly brought the MIA to Miami," he said Wednesday in a courtyard outside the general managers' meetings. He claimed when "the divisional clubs come to Minnesota, it's gotten so bad that only one of the Twins shows up." And he criticized the Toronto Blue Jays, who had the biggest decrease in the major leagues this year, falling by … [Read more...] about Top agent Boras calls rebuilding teams ‘competitive cancer’