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Someone talk me back from the ledge. Yesterday, Gray was dominant, had a good lead, threw around 90ish pitches and was pulled after the sixth inning. Today, Castillo was dominant through six but only had a two run lead. He also had around 90ish pitches and was pulled only for the bullpen to muck up his quality start and take the loss. I don't know if this is one of those managing by the percentages and Bell looks in his little stat book and pulls Castillo because he was at a 90 or so pitch count. If I was managing, I would have left him to pitch in to the seventh inning because in GABP a two run lead is nothing and this is a CY Young candidate on the mound. In a 60 game season every win is precious and the Reds need to get off to good start. This reminds me of Dusty Baker who drove me absolute bat shat crazy at times because he always played the percentages instead of using some in-game, intuitive managing. You can't manage 'em all perfectly but damn I hate to waste a dominant, quality start by Castillo.