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Shane Baz leads pitch clock violations for 2nd straight season and José Caballero tops batters

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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Shane Baz led in pitch clock violations for the second consecutive season with six infractions, continuing his trend from when he played for Tampa Bay last year. New York Yankees hitter José Caballero topped batters with four violations, facing criticism from MLB officials and umpires for delaying play near the pitch clock's deadline. The Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco Giants tied for the highest team violation count at 19 each. Overall, violations by pitchers, batters, and catchers decreased significantly this year to 387 incidents, down from 1,048 in 2023 when the rule was introduced.

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Shane Baz of the Baltimore Orioles led in pitch clock violations for the second consecutive season with six infractions, tying his total from when he played for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2025. José Caballero of the New York Yankees topped batters with four violations, which were deemed deceptive by MLB officials due to his routine of waiting until just before the pitch clock reached eight seconds to acknowledge the pitcher. The Orioles and San Francisco Giants tied for the highest number of total violations among teams at 19 each, followed closely by Houston (18), Los Angeles Dodgers (17), and Yankees (17). Overall, violations have decreased significantly since the pitch clock was introduced in 2023, from 1,048 that year to just 387 this season.

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Baltimore NEW YORK Orioles Rays San Francisco

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Orioles ORG · 3× Baltimore ORG · 2× Caballero PERSON · 2× Rays ORG · 2× San Francisco GPE · 2× José Caballero PERSON · 1× NEW YORK GPE · 1× San Francisco Giants ORG · 1× Shane Baz PERSON · 1× the New York Yankees’ ORG · 1×

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Baltimore’s Shane Baz led in pitch clock violations for the second straight season and the New York Yankees’ José Caballero topped batters while the Orioles and San Francisco Giants tied for the high among teams.

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2026-10-05 · Toronto Star

Shane Baz leads pitch clock violations for 2nd straight season and José Caballero tops batters · assertive framing

Claims (12 extracted, 0 hedged)

Orioles → lead → teams

Baz’s six violations for the Orioles was the high among pitchers, the same total he had for Tampa Bay in 2025. asserted

he → have → 2025

Miami’s Eury Pérez and Texas’ Kumar Rocker tied for second with five apiece. asserted

Pérez → tie → five

Anthony Nunez, Cade Cavalli, Yoendrys Gómez, Camilo Doval and George Soriano had four each. asserted

Nunez → have → four

Among batters, Caballero led with four. asserted

Caballero → lead → four

MLB decided his routine of waiting to acknowledge the pitcher just before the pitch clock reached eight seconds amounted to deception, prompting squabbles between Caballero and umpires. asserted

clock → decide → Caballero

Chase DeLauter, Jung Hoo Lee aand Luis Lara had three each. asserted

DeLauter → have → three

Baltimore and San Francisco tied for the overall lead with 19 clock violations, followed by Houston and San Francisco with 18 apiece, and the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yankees with 17 each. asserted

Baltimore → tie → 17

Philadelphia had a low of five and the Rays had six. asserted

Rays → have → six

Violations by batters, pitchers and catchers dropped from 1,048 when the clock was instituted in 2023 to 602 the following season, 465 in 2025 and 387 this year. asserted

clock → drop → 2025

Pitchers committed 290 violations this season, batters 92 and catchers five. asserted

catchers → commit → violations

The hitters’ total included 12 timeout violations. asserted

total → include → violations