Kevin Burkhardt goes off after another pitcher pulled during perfect game: Wtf are we doing

Enough with the early exits in potentially historic moments.That’s the message Fox Sports NFL play-by-play extraordinaire and MLB host Kevin Burkhardt preached Wednesday night after a second MLB team pulled a starter with a perfect game within a week.The Pirates yanked starter Jared Jones after six innings with a perfect game intact Wednesday only for the bullpen to blow it, while the Marlins did the same Saturday but after seven flawless frames from Eury Perez.“We are normalizing taking dudes out with perfect games now,” Burkhardt, the former SNY Mets reporter, wrote on X on Wednesday night.

“Wtf are we doing.2 in the last week.”There’s certainly a debate to be had about what the right protocol is when it comes to pitchers chasing moments that will stand the last of time.MLB teams are hesitant to allow starters to throw 133 pitches in pursuit of history like the Mets did when they allowed Johan Santana to do so in June 2012 when he tallied the team’s first no-hitter.Part of the tough part of being a manager is protecting a player from himself.But there’s a fine line between throwing 133 pitches and letting a player pitch deeper into a game and accomplishing a life-changing feat.The Marlins pulled Perez on Sunday after he retired all 21 batters he faced on 92 pitches, and his replacement, Lake Bachar, immediately walked the first batter he faced and later yielded a single.Manager Clayton McCullough made the long-term call over the short-term one, with the outing marking Perez’s third after being sidelined with an injury.Fans in Sacramento chanted “Shame” when he exited the game.’“There was a part of my heartstrings pulling at his opportunity to keep on going, but I have to think about Eury and our organization, our team and what’s best moving forward to give us a chance to continue winning games,” McCullough said postgame.

“Going into this game, 90-plus was the pitch count, but … us looking to play beyond the regular season, Eury�...