Official Site of the Padres · Oct 3, 2015
Shields will sit out regular season finale
Shields notches 200 innings 0:24 9/27/15: James Shields strikes out Jake Lamb to end the 4th inning, notching his 9th straight season of at least 200 innings pitched There's nothing wrong with Shields, it's just that the organization would prefer to take another look at some of the bullpen arms, Murphy said.
"We've decided as an organization that we're going to use it as a bullpen day and James is not going to pitch," Murphy said. "James wants to pitch and is ready to pitch. He was in my office talking about it today.
"But the organization thinks it's better to get a look at our bullpen pieces and use that game, like a lot of teams use that game, to find out more about your young players."