SEC fans who regularly follow college baseball and even those who only tune in for the postseason probably noticed that the games can take a long time to complete. On Friday the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee made a recommendation to potentially help with that.

The committee proposed adding two visible 20-second play clocks for all Division I baseball games beginning in the 2019 season. The clock would work as such, “the 20-second play clock would start once the pitcher steps on the dirt portion of the mound with the baseball. If the pitcher does not deliver a pitch, make a pick-off throw to a base or step off the pitcher’s rubber before the clock expires, a ball will be assessed to the count. If the batter is not ready to hit by the time the clock expires, a strike will be added to the count.”

One clock would be behind the plate with the other placed on or behind the outfield wall.

Another recommended change is to give coaches two video challenges per game. The calls eligible for challenge would be the following situations:

Deciding if a batted ball is fair or foul. The ball must first touch the ground or a fielder beyond the initial position of the first or third baseman.
Deciding if a batted ball is either a ground-rule double or a home run.
Any catch or no-catch ruling in the outfield or foul territory.
A no-catch ruling in the infield in some instances. With runners on base, a no catch within the infield can be changed to a catch only if it results in a third out. With no runners on base, a no catch within the infield can be changed to a catch at any time.
Spectator interference.
Deciding scoring plays at home plate inclusive of collisions (illegal and/or malicious slides) or time plays.

The following calls could only be challenged or reviewed by the umpires in the final two innings of regulation and in extra innings:

Force and tag-play calls at any base.
Calls involving whether a base runner passes a preceding runner; determining whether a base runner scored ahead of a third out; and upon an appropriate appeal by the defensive team, determining whether a base runner touched a base.
Plays involving hit by pitch.
Deciding if a runner failed to retouch a base after a fair or foul ball is legally caught.
The umpire’s placement of runners following a boundary call.
Deciding if interference occurred on a runner’s attempt to break up a double play.

Those are the two headlining recommendations. More suggested changes can be found on the NCAA website.