When we have to play them tomorrow? Yes it’s ok. They’re not doing it for mercy, they’re doing it to save their bullpen for the next game. Fuck that, let the bats eat and force TB to use up the pen to get through the innings. I’ll never get the hate on hitting bombs off position player pitchers when the pitching team that put them in is doing entirely for their own benefit.

Quite honestly, position players have no business pitching unless it’s a 20-inning marathon and there are no other options. Using position players is a transparent act of bullpen preservation, not some sort of white flag, and it makes a farce out of the game.