Six, Do I Hear Seven?

I saw a story in the paper yesterday about the number of teams considering six-man rotations in light of the previous season only going sixty games. Teams don’t want to risk injury to starters in need of arm strength after an all-too-short 2020 campaign. And the science behind this? None that was cited. And the odds of pitchers being allowed to throw as hard as they want because, hey, they’re only going six innings, tops? Oh, I’d say the odds are very good. Same goes for this idea failing to prevent injuries and even causing more along the way. We’ll find out soon enough.