Revisiting Trembley Leaving Tillman In on 8/19

While of course you could amke an argument to leave Tillman in to start the 7th on Wednesday against Tampa Bay, but it jjst seemed like a no brainer to pull him after 6innings. Six solid innings and 100 pitches. Here's how I looked at the situation: Tillman's high pitch count this season is 110. It's August, and he's logged close to, if not the highest innings total of his young career. What were the odds that he was going to go out for the 7th inning and have a 10 pitch inning? Very small, so why not remove him from the game against one of the best offenses in all of baseball, feeling really good about his performance. Tillman battled all night and survived because his change-up and curveball were top notch, having very little success fooling the Rays hitters with his relatively flat fastball. I recognize that the BP has been overworked all season, I really do, but to not bring a reliever in to start the 7th at the expense of one of your young starters made no sense at all to me. Hopefully Trembley reads the blog, ackonwledges his mistake, and doesn't let it happen again :)