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Joe Girardi has a strong take on the 3-batter minimum

Phillies manager and baseball lifer Joe Girardi is open to change within the sport. He supports virtually every new rule implemented for the 2020 season — except the three-batter minimum.

Joe Girardi is not the biggest fan of the three-batter minimum. (John Adams/Icon Sportswire)

“Every rule that they’ve added this year, I’m actually all for,” Girardi said on Oct. 13 during an MLB Network Radio appearance “Some people don’t like the extra innings [rule]. I think what that does is it allows you not to fray your bullpen. Not where you have to make moves and send people down.