Exactly, when baseball players and soccer players are coming back, until they can play full games, they should not pinch
hit, pinch run, play games in the minors, play the first half, come off the bench, etc... Not until they are 100%. And in Basketball, when a player is coming back, he should not get any sub minutes, or garbage time mins etc. Whenever I see things like that, I just get frustrated with the coaches. They should be able to get all their stamina, reps, pitches, shots, etc... exclusively in practice. No game time needed until they are 100%