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This is the NAPBL interpretation concerning adjusting the ball. As long as his adjusting is momentary, he may then remove his hand from the ball.
"Prior to assuming a legal pitching position (windup or set position) it is permissible for the pitcher to momentarily adjust the ball in his glove. In order for this to be allowed, the movement must be momentary in nature. If the pitcher has his hands together long enough that, in the judgment of the umpire, it appears that he has actually come to a set position or has actually assumed the wind-up position, then should the pitcher separate his hands, a balk shall be called under Official Rule 8.05(3)."
This is the extent to which we allow the removal of the pitching hand from the baseball.
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Matthew 15:14, 1 Corinthians 1:23-25
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