It seems every spring Major League Baseball adds new rules or changes them. Much of the talk this year was around a new rule limiting mound visits to supposedly increase the pace of play.



The Athletic surveyed the Reds clubhouse to see what the players would do if they could change or create a new rule. Few found any huge changes needed to be made, in fact, most would prefer to eliminate some of the rules added in recent years.



Here are the responses from the Reds (although several players said they didn’t have a rule they’d change and aren’t included).



Joey Votto: I’d make it so there’s no stops at all – no replay, no mound visits, no interaction with the pitchers. I would make it so all we do is play ball. The responsibility before and after each inning to be at a really high level of communication, to make that a priority. I don’t like any stops because I think it messes with the flow of the game. I think a game...