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I tend to be most active in the Pitching menu during a season. So what I do in this kind of situation is to make sure that I have a reliever or two that have a good to high stamina (55 - 70) who can act as a swing man. They may not be the best option to be a full time starter (too few pitches, or pitches overall are not that great), but they will serve you well in a pinch. When a work load issue like yours comes up I will plunk that reliever into the rotation in place of a different pitcher that the one I want to give time off. Change the pitcher that is starting the next game over to the reliever as well, and make sure that starters can't be used in the bullpen. Do that for a few starts in a row and give that young pitcher the rest that they need.
Also this could be a good time to bring up another young starting pitcher into a reliever role and do this trick with. You might have some rough patches in there, but if you have built a solid offense / defense behind the pitcher then the team should be able to carry the inexperienced player for a bit.
Doing these tricks managed to keep all my starters healthy for the majority of the season. Things did still fall apart on my in the end and cost me the playoffs, but only by one game in an extremely competitive division.
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