Jose Caballero’s pitch clock reality setting in as search for clarity stalls: ‘Ain’t figuring this out’

PHILADELPHIA — José Caballero insists he is not mad. His reaction the last few days to the league tweaking its pitch clock rules (or interpretations) in response to his season-long routine in the batter’s box would suggest otherwise, but even after an off day Thursday, the Yankees utilityman said he was still lacking clarity on what he could and could not do. “I’m not mad at anyone,” Caballero said Friday at Citizens Bank Park. “I just want to be a baseball player.” Pitch clock rules state that a batter must be in the box and alert to the pitcher by the time there are eight seconds left on the clock. Caballero did that Wednesday (he was actually alert at nine seconds) but was still hit with a pitch-clock violation because, as he has done all season, he spent the seconds before the eight-se