He was lucky to make it out of the 6th unscathed. He loaded the bases with one out. It was clear that while his stat line was solid, he wasn't at his best last night. I have no problem with the manager taking him out and allowing a reliever to begin the inning. I imagine his workout routine and his workload over many seasons will have a far greater impact on his arm strength than 12 pitches in a single game. Just seems like a stretch to second guess a rather insignificant decision by the manager. If he somehow got hurt because he went out in the 7th just to reach an arbitrary 100 inning limit, in a game that was essentially in hand at that point, there likely would have been many on here questioning why he needed to even go out for the 7th.
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