The obvious and easy solution is the pitch clock. I was reading an article about all sorts of wild things they were trying:
https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2021/1...ague-robo-umps
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At this point, only seven—yes, seven—of the 1,508 players who appeared in the majors last year have had no exposure to the pitch clock in an affiliated, domestic league: Kyle Cody, Kris Bubic, Garrett Crochet, the Astros’ Luis Garcia, Shohei Ohtani, Andrew Vaughn, and Ha-Seong Kim. Exclude 2019 MLB spring training, and the count climbs to 37. Exclude that spring training and set a minimum of more than five pitching appearances or 15 non-pitching appearances—which rules out some veterans who had brief rehab assignments or assorted other stints in a pitch-clock-equipped league—and the tally tops out at 184, or only 12.2 percent of 2021 major leaguers.
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Pretty much everyone who is playing in the MLB today has some exposure to a pitch clock with the vast majority having regular exposure. Just put in already and stop with more gimmickier ideas. It should satisfy everyone - the casual fan gets quicker games with more ball in play and the more experienced fan is satisfied that the rules are not changing so much to ruin the "tradition" of the game.