When son was in his senior year husband and I not happy with how he was being a bit overused. The HS coach was getting ready to retire and he wanted to get to regionals and putting pressure on son. Since son was also being used as DH, first base we felt that long outings at the coaches expense was not necessary.
He had a 90% scholarship and we decided that was more important. The future pcoach made a phone call.
That was the end of staying in the game too long.
Protect your player for as long as you can.