Diamondbacks 6, Cubs 4: Oh, well

We have had this discussion before, but I’m going to bring it up again because something that happened in the Cubs’ 6-4 loss to the Diamondbacks made me again realize how much I truly hate the three-batter minimum rule.

Situation: Game tied, bottom of the seventh. Dan Winkler has entered the game to pitch for the Cubs. He walked the first batter he faced, Eduardo Escobar, and his pitches were all over the place:

Then Winkler hit Christian Walker on a full-count pitch — again, look where these pitches are:

So, you’d think a manager would want to get this guy out of the game at this point.