One unintended consequence of baseball’s pitch clock, at least for A’s pitcher Trevor May, has been an uptick in his anxiety on the mound.
It got so bad for May, who is currently on the injured list with issues related to anxiety, that he said he considered retiring,May credits A’s sports psychologist Ben Strack with talking him out of the idea, telling the News that Strack told him, “If you go home now and you’re done with baseball, you’d still be you. You’d just be at home, you’d still have to deal with this. Then there’d probably be regret there. That’d pile on and be even worse.
Now, with just 15 seconds between pitches, 20 with runners on base and only two step-offs allowed per batter, that isn’t necessarily an option. May’s ERA has ballooned to 12.00 compared to a 3.83 career mark, and it’s not clear when he’ll come off the IL — though he has been back in the A’s clubhouse since early May.USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con
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