Bleed Cubbie Blue · Aug 19, 2024
There’s a proposal to have a six-inning minimum for MLB starting pitchers...
Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty ImagesThis report about a six-inning minimum proposal by MLB, from Jesse Rogers at ESPN, was published last week, but I haven’t had a chance to address it until now. There’s been some discussion of this topic in this FanPost by venkn, but I wanted to weigh in and bring it to the front page, so here goes.
Here’s how it was reported by Rogers:
The commissioner’s office wants starting pitchers to spend more time on the mound — pitching deeper into games — and less time in the operating room undergoing surgery on their arms. Baseball also wants more balance in a sport that has revolved around strikeouts in recent seasons.