By Jim Taylor/RFD Radio
BLOOMINGTON – High school baseball in Illinois adjusted to a new pitch count policy this season and an IHSA administrator said the rule is here to stay.
The number of pitches a high schooler can throw in a game is capped at 105. IHSA baseball administrator Sam Knox thinks that’s a fair number, but said there could be some wiggle room.
“I’ve got some general notes that coaches have sent my way through phone calls or emails and even talking to some of them at the state finals,” Knox said. “Some of them feel like maybe that number 105 is too low, especially as we get later in the year and it’s warming up.
“Every kid’s different and we don’t know many 105 for one kid is a great limit, maybe 102 for another kid is a great limit too. You have to draw the line somewhere.”
After throwing between 76 to 105 pitchers in a game, the rule requires pitchers to rest for four days.
