[picappgallerysingle id="9652283"]Seven runs against the Kansas City Royals. Is that how the legacy of Big Game James ends? Joe Maddon will be looking for his best 3 or 4 starters to pitch in the ALDS over the next couple of days. Is Shields one of them? Maybe not. Tonight's game for James Shields has to be perhaps his worst start of his career. With so much riding on the start, he came up empty. If he had given up just two or three runs, he would have hoped his offense would have given him some support. But seven runs? Stuart Sternberg boldly stated that payroll must be cut at the end of the season. What better way to reduce salary then to move Shields and replace him with Jeremy Hellickson. Heck, Hellickson is most likely a better option anyway, forget the financial savings. James Shields has had a good career with the Rays. Too bad it has to end this way.