Pitchers risk greater injury if MLB cuts time between pitches

Monday, May 16, 2016 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

Proposed rule changes by Major League Baseball, designed to speed up the game by reducing time between pitches, could lead to a spike in arm injuries as players have less time to recover between throws, say researchers who have analyzed the impact of fatigue. Scientists looked specifically at the effect of using a ‘pitch clock’, […]

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