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One thing to look for is if he is consistently falling behind in the count. The first sign of fatigue isn't necessarily velocity, but location. The arm starts to drag a bit (although you can't really see that in OOTP).
I tend to be a bit old school. I let my starters pitch deep into games and let them finish if they are in control in the later innings. Even so, I always start the 8th and 9th with someone up and throwing in the bullpen.
If the kid is throwing a two hit shutout going into the 9th and the tying run gets on.. off to the showers!!
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