Re: taking out johan in the ninth
I personally think it's terrible. Throughout the year he has been pitching up to 120 pitches. It's fine to pitch him as long as he gets rest and is not pitching on a tired arm.
Since the ASB, he has gone 93, 94, 114, 94, 110, 119 pitches. I don't understand why Gardenhire wants him to go a complete game last time around against the Chisox in a 5-0 game, where I probably would have taken him out after 8 innings (at around 110), but takes him out when he's shutting out the Chisox on only 95 pitches on a 3 hitter. He had retired 15 of the last 16 batters and was on a roll.
We know Santana has his stuff today, and Nathan could bring anything. I keep him in there.
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