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        The Winners And Losers From MLB's New Rules

        We knew MLB's sweeping rule changes were going to shake up baseball heading into the 2023 season. But it's been fascinating to watch exactly how much of an adjustment players are having to make in real time during spring training. From Manny Machado becoming the first player to run afoul of the pitch clock for dilly-dallying too long before getting set in the batter's box, to an Atlanta Braves-Boston Red Sox game ending in a tie on a clock violation, the new rules have already been an adventure. While officials are hopeful these hiccups will get worked out before things start to count for real, it's already clear that some players and teams will need to adapt their games to the rule changes more than others. Unfortunately, though, most of the projection systems we love to consult before the season don't account for these changes. So we wondered, which teams might do better or worse than their projections thanks to the new rules? That's why we created MANFRED, or the Metric for Assessing Negative or Favorable Rule-Effect Dynamics. MANFRED takes every team's 2022 ranking in categories that will be pertinent to the new rules -- pitch tempo (which obviously matters for the pitch clock), defensive-shift frequency (since the shift is now outlawed) and sprint speed (since larger bases and restrictions on pickoff throws encourage more base stealing) -- and combines...
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        2023 Cactus League Standings

        TeamWLPCTGBSTRK
        LA Angels1811.621-W2
        Kansas City1913.5940.5L2
        Chicago1712.5861W2
        Arizona1614.5332.5W3
        Seattle1413.5193L3
        LA Dodgers1413.5193L2
        Cincinnati1514.5173W1
        San Diego1514.5173W4
        San Francisco1415.4834L1
        Texas1315.4644.5W1
        Chicago1214.4624.5L2
        Milwaukee1215.4445W1
        Cleveland1216.4295.5L2
        Colorado1319.4066.5L1
        Oakland1117.3936.5W1

        2023 Team Leaders

        Batting Average

        Nicholas Decolati

        Nicholas DecolatiOF #98

        1.000
        OBP1.000
        SLG2.000

        Home Runs

        Elehuris Montero

        Elehuris Montero3B #44

        5
        AVG.297
        RBI12

        Runs Batted In

        Elehuris Montero

        Elehuris Montero3B #44

        12
        HR5
        AVG.297

        2023 Team Stats

        Runs
        169
        11th
        Batting Average
        .273
        5th
        On Base Percentage
        .345
        10th
        Slugging Percentage
        .421
        15th
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