On Thursday afternoon, the Phillies were shellacked by the Mets, 24-4. These games are prime games for seeing a position player pitch and this was no exception. Sure the seventh inning was earlier than most of these occurrences, but with the way the game was unfolding, there wasn’t much wrong with the decision. Roman Quinn was the sacrificial lamb and this is where the problems begin.
Most of the time, a position player is asked to throw to enough batters to maybe end the eighth or ninth inning, nothing that would exert him past the point of potential injury.