cowboy_ron;4653351 said:
So he wants to be starter again but can't go 3 innings?
No. I got this from the Rangers team report on Yahoo.
The Rangers and Roy Oswalt took more steps Tuesday to end any confusion over what happened when the right-hander declined to take the ball for a third inning of relief Sunday.
Oswalt met with manager Ron Washington on Tuesday to clear up any lingering questions.
It didn't appear, however, that Washington had any.
"I didn't know anything wasn't fine before," Washington said when asked if everything was OK between the pitcher and manager. "We met and cleared the air about what was said and moved on."
Washington on Sunday said Oswalt said "he couldn't go any longer" after two perfect innings in which he threw a total of 30 pitches. Asked why, Washington referred reporters to Oswalt, who was not available at the time and who declined comment Monday.
Oswalt had thrown 150 pitches over the course of three outings by the time his Sunday appearance was done. Both he and Washington, however, said he threw a 40- to 50-pitch bullpen session during the week as well in case the Rangers wanted to make one turn through the rotation with six pitchers to give everybody extra rest. When he decided he couldn't go back out, Oswalt had more than 200 pitches on his arm for the week and had thrown off a mound in some fashion four times in seven days.
