If a pitcher is replaced as a pitcher and his replacement requires more warm-up throws than is permitted:

• A. He may not return to the game even if he is eligible to do so.
• B. His replacement cannot be allowed to exceed the allowed number of warm-up throws.
• C. He may return to the game if he is eligible to do so, but not to pitch.
• D. He may still return to the game to pitch if he is eligible to do so.

Answer: (C)

Warm-up limits for a new pitcher drive this situation. If the player who is coming in to pitch would require more warm-up throws than the rules allow, the substitution cannot be completed as a pitching change. In that case, the pitcher who started the inning may re-enter the game, but only in a non-pitching defensive role, provided he is still eligible. He cannot return to the mound to pitch because the warm-up restriction prevents a legal pitching re-entry in that scenario.