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NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball says pitcher injuries are more likely to occur during spring training and early in the season.
Management has rejected an assertion by players' union head Tony Clark that injuries might be linked to the pitch clock that was instituted last year and slightly shortened this season.
"In 2014 or so we started with this upward trend," commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday after owners were presented with data. "It looked like it turned the other way last year.