There are the new rules. And then there are the new lessons being absorbed within the new rules.

The classroom has been open for a few weeks of spring training as 30 organizations try to prepare players, coaches and managers for the largest infusion of rule changes in history.

But it is one thing to be told there will be a pitch clock, the removal of extreme shifts, larger bases and fewer pickoff throws.

The other part of the agenda is finding all the nuances within the edicts. The true education only comes from playing games and experiencing the alterations.