MLB's new pitch clock may be leading to more blown saves

The pitch clock has sped up baseball as hoped — and it might be leading to more exciting endings, too.

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — The pitch clock has sped up baseball as hoped — and it might be leading to more exciting endings, too.

A quarter of the way through first season with the pitch timer, relief pitchers seem to be bearing the most stress from it, with save conversions dropping to 61.4% from 67.8% at a similar point last season.

The save percentage is near the bottom range of the past decade, which averaged 65.1%, MLB said Monday. The high

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