> Pitch-less intentional walks... help achieve that goal. IBB occurred 970 times in 2017. Assuming the pitch-less intentional walk saves 5 minutes each time it

> Pitch-less intentional walks... help achieve that goal. IBB occurred 970 times in 2017. Assuming the pitch-less intentional walk saves 5 minutes each time it occurs (which is a high estimate), the average game time dropped by 2 minutes. That's not a huge difference. EDIT: had the wrong numbers, updated with the right numbers.