PITCH SMART NEEDS A FRESH START

@JJCOOP36

When Pitch Smart guidelines were released a few years ago, it was a big step forward in providing the resources for players, coaches and parents to understand how they can best keep young pitchers safe while allowing them to pitch and develop.

The guidelines themselves are quite simple. They set a maximum number of pitches a pitcher should ever throw at different ages, as well as guidelines for how long they should rest before pitching again after an appearance.

Within just a couple of years, those Pitch Smart guidelines led to a revamping of