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Originally Posted by hayesb26
This is a false statement.
As for the thread topic, I think it is a decision that management should take along with the player. Also, if this has been the plan the entire year, the organization went about it all wrong. Why not skip a start here and there over the course of an entire season, have him skip his start before/after the all star game, etc to ensure that he can make it through the season without crossing their threshold.
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This is a little bit of what I was thinking. They did do a good job of holding down his innings when he did pitch - maybe they could've shot for 5 instead 6 before yanking him. But maybe they could've rested him for 5 or 6 days and just pitched him on those days and not hold him to a normal rotation spot. But they could've easily done the math and figured out how many games it woud've taken to stretch him through the whole season.