LIVE OAK, Fla. — Changes are coming to the Florida High School Athletic Association baseball playoffs.

On Monday, the FHSAA announced that baseball playoffs will no longer be one game per week. For Class 1A-4A, regional semifinals will be held Tuesday with regional finals following on Friday. For Class 5A-9A, games will be played Wednesday, Saturday and Tuesday leading up to the Final Four.

It was a welcome change for many coaches, including Suwannee head coach Justin Bruce.

“You can’t ride one arm all the way through. It gives every team a chance,” Bruce said.

Under the old format — with a week in between games — teams were able to use one standout pitcher all the way until the state championship.

Of the four area teams, Class 5A Suwannee looks to benefit the most in the short term. The Bulldogs were stocked with pitching the last two seasons and had some excellent regular season results. But they failed to make the playoffs in 2017 and were knocked out in a regional semifinal this season.

Even though the Bulldogs have graduated many key players from those teams, they bring back eight starters next year and will be deep in pitching once again.