MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- Both Pedro Martinez and David Ortiz are in favor of a pitch clock.

Major League Baseball might institute a 20-second pitch clock this season. Red Sox chairman Tom Werner -- who has been a longtime proponent of improving pace of play -- hopes for the average length of games to drop to approximately 2 hours, 45 minutes.

The average length was a record-high 3 hours, 5 minutes, 11 seconds in 2017.

"I think I would like it," Pedro Martinez said here at Red Sox Winter Weekend at Foxwoods. "I don't know if you saw the way I used to pitch. I was just like Chris Sale. I wanted everybody to be on the plate. I actually got in a little back-and-forth a lot with the Yankees because of that. Because they were known to step out and stuff. So for someone like me, I'd love the clock. I would love to have to work quick. Because I was ready. I was trained to work that way."

Martinez said it was easier for him to attack hitters early and not allow them to think too much.

"For pitchers, they don't know it really but it's a huge advantage to go up there quickly and execute your pitches," he said.

Ortiz was critical of new pace of play rules implemented before the 2015 season, particularly the one forcing batters to keep one foot in the batter's box after each pitch.

"I thought it was going to be more complicated than I thought until I got into it," Ortiz said. "So I was fine. I was OK with it.

"The game's turning a little boring," he added. "Now that I'm in this side watching the game, I know. When you're watching a three or four hour game, it gets a little complicated. You know what I'm saying. So I think MLB needs to do whatever it takes."