Former All-Star reliever says Rob Manfred's 'idiotic' rule changes won't help MLB

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Major League Baseball is going to look just a bit different this season.

The bases are larger, there will be a pitch clock and limits on pickoffs, and the shift is banned. Oh, and the "Manfred Man" is here to stay (teams start extra innings with an automatic runner on second base).

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is trying his best to cut some time off the game, which on average takes more than three hours to finish. However, a former All-Star pitcher doesn't think any of the changes will help.

Rob Dibble was asked on the "Don't @ Me" podcast if the changes in the game will do anything, and he kept it blunt.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is trying his best to cut some time off the game, which on average takes more than three hours to finish. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

"No, it won’t, because it’s idiotic," Dibble said. "You’re taught, and I teach this at the Little League level, and I’m saying 'Little League' very loud, that you pitch in a certain manner, a timely manner, so that your infield stays ready to play defense, your outfield plays defense. They’re ready.

"It’s like basketball. You know, you’re telling guys, get their hands up, be on the balls, and your feet bouncing around. Well, that’s baseball. I always tell my infielders; I scream at them. I don’t care if they’re 8 or 18, that you got to move your feet before every pitch. And so that to say to a pitcher, work in a timely fashion so that there’ll be more action, [is dumb]."

For the coming MLB season, the bases will be larger, there will be a pitch clock and limits on pickoffs, the shift is banned and the "Manfred Man," in which teams start extra innings with an automatic runner on