The challenge of balancing the present and the future is nothing new for Major League Baseball teams, who are particularly careful with star young pitchers. But the calculus might be even tougher in 2021 because pitchers are coming off a much smaller workload during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. Hinch said the six-man rotation is a possibility. In a five-man rotation, pitchers make about 32 starts per season. In a six-man rotation, the number of starts goes down to 27.

Source: thestar March 12, 2021 21:11 UTC