LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: The problem with Yost's decision last night (Ignoring the whole 'Why pull Shields in the first place?' question) for his first reliever wasn't that he went for a starter despite having a deep pen, but maybe that he went to a 23 y/o rookie who had thrown 78 pitches just two days earlier. [Points to nose] Pedro nailed this, both on Twitter in real-time and post-game... after the win. Yep. During the season, maybe you test the rook that way if need be. During the WC1game, with a starting pitcher who may have had more in his tank, and a deep pen... He is really lucky his team bailed him out of that mess.