towards the end of the 2014 season, commissioner of baseball bud selig announced the formation of a committee to examine the issue. john schuerholz chaired the committee, which also included sandy alderson, tony clark, rob manfred, joe torre, and tom werner. manfred, having succeeded selig as the commissioner in 2015, instituted rule changes to mlb before the start of the 2015 mlb season to address pace of play, including having batters remain in the batters box and the installation of time clocks to limit the time spent around commercial breaks. in 2015, mlb had a committee discuss bringing back the bullpen car.