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[QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 3907715, member: 101"]
In the Atlantic League, where they are testing this out, they are only moving it back one foot. Most fields won't require dramatic work to be done on the mound, you're just moving the rubber back.

The other usual argument against this is the threat of injury. A study by Glenn Fleisig ([URL='https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/new-mound-distance-modified-dh-among-atlantic-league-rule-changes-for-2021/']I can't find the study, but it's mentioned in this article[/URL]) [I]"found that pitchers’ biomechanics did not change when they threw from the traditional 60.5 feet, 62.5 feet or 63.7 feet.

In that study, 26 college pitchers were asked to throw five fastballs each from the three different distances in a randomized order. The study found their mechanics were not altered by the differences in distance.

The summary of that paper, published in ScienceDirect, stated that “No significant differences in pitching kinetics and kinematics were observed among the varying pitching distances. Ball velocity and strike percentage were also not significantly different among the pitching distances, however, the duration of ball flight and horizontal and vertical break significantly increased with pitching distance ... In conclusion, it is unlikely that moving the mound backwards would significantly affect pitching biomechanics and injury risk; however, the effects on pitching and hitting performance are unknown.”"[/I]

[URL="https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/minor-league-transactions-july-3-13-2021/"]Minor League Transactions: July 3-13, 2021[/URL]
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