Major changes under consideration for pitching changes, defensive shifts and more

Limiting pitching changes, restricting defensive shifts, altering the strike zone and installing pitch clocks are among the ideas Major League Baseball may consider as it undertakes a multiyear review of the game that could include the sport’s most radical changes in decades.

Baseball owners were given a lengthy presentation Thursday during their quarterly meeting of how the sport has changed in the last 40 to 50 years.

If implemented, some of the changes could be the most revolutionary since the American League adopted the designated hitter in 1973 or perhaps even since the number of balls for a walk was reduced from five to four in 1889.

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Owners approved the sale of a controlling stake in the Seattle Mariners from Nintendo of America to a group of minority owners led by Western Wireless Corp. founder John Stanton and retired Microsoft executive Chris Larson. ...

Kansas City Royals reliever Joa-kim Soria has cleared waivers, according to a report Thursday. The procedural move would allow Soria to be traded to any team this month, despite the nonwaiver trade deadline passing on Aug. 1.