Here are five takeaways:
1. The proposal would limit players age 17 to 19 years to 110 pitches in a game and those age 14 to 16 years to 95 pitches in a game. It also requires pitchers who throw more than 85 pitches in a day to rest four days before pitching again, with the required days of rest being less for fewer pitches.
2. Although the UIL legislative council could adopt the proposal in June, details still need to be worked out making it more likely for the proposal to be adopted as a rule for the 2018 season and be a recommendation for next season.
3. The UIL’s only current limit for a pitcher is that he or she throw no more than 10 innings if pitching in more than one game in a day.
4. The authors of the proposal were Cary Tanamachi, MD, of Mesquite (Texas) Orthopedic Clinic, Valerie Duran, athletic trainer for North Crowley High School in Fort Worth, Texas, and Rex Sanders, executive director of the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association.
5. The University Interscholastic League is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music and academic contests for primary and secondary schools in Texas.
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