Today I’m gonna talk about something I messed with recently: MVR in baseball. Now, I’m no expert, but I wanted to see what this whole “Mound Visits Remaining” thing was all about.
So, first off, I started digging around to figure out what MVR even meant. Turns out, it’s basically a rule to limit how many times a team can go out and chat with the pitcher on the mound during a game.
I started watching some games, keeping an eye on this MVR thing. And you know what? It’s kind of interesting. Every time the manager or a coach heads out to the mound, that counts as a visit. And I found that teams only get a certain number of these visits per game.
- I noticed the scoreboard usually shows the number of mound visits remaining, along with the usual runs, hits, and errors.
- I started counting how many times teams were using these mound visits. Some teams were using them all up, while others were holding back. It seemed pretty random to me, but what do I know?
I tried to see if there was any pattern to when teams used their mound visits. Sometimes they’d go out there after the pitcher gave up a big hit, other times it seemed like they just wanted to give the pitcher a breather. There was this one game where the catcher and the pitcher got their signals all messed up, the home plate umpire ruled it as a “cross-up,” so it didn’t count as a mound visit because they used up all visits. That was a pretty wild exception!
My Conclusion
After messing around with this MVR stuff, I gotta say, it’s a simple rule, but it can lead to some interesting situations. I’m not sure if it makes the game better or worse, but it’s definitely something to keep an eye on. Like I said, I am not a pro, I am just sharing what I saw and did.
