Replace pitchers with pitching machines for real competition.

Let's combine two ideas:

Protect Joe Mauer from himself: eliminate the catching position. Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Pitchers are not players, needing only one of the five tools. Monday, August 10, 2015

Eliminating pitchers, eliminates catchers.  And base stealing, which slows down the game.

Pitching machines allow a real competition between the baseball players on teams.  All batters swing at the same type of pitches.

Fewer mound visits, mostly to lubricate.  And hardly any changes during the game, only for complete malfunction.  Whatever will managers do with all that free time, since 99% of moves deal with pitchers?

Additional reading:

Designated FIELDER, 8 batters! Now that's entertainment! Sunday, December 27, 2015

Pitchers batting: Why aren't you an idiot for wanting this? Thursday, January 21, 2016

"Pitchers who rake": main stream media challenges: Why aren't you an idiot for wanting pitchers to bat? Sunday, January 24, 2016