An opener countermove for AL teams

[Just Regular]

Heard about this one recently from the College World Series.  It helps more if you have a platoon type DH who hits say 6th or so.

Say you aren't sure if Ryne Stanek or Ryan Yarbrough will face Batter 6 in the 1st or 2nd inning - just name Yesterday's Starting Pitcher to the lineup and then pinch hit Lowenstein or Roenicke accordingly when you get there.

[Can_of_corn]

23 minutes ago, OrioleDog said:

Heard about this one recently from the College World Series.  It helps more if you have a platoon type DH who hits say 6th or so.

Say you aren't sure if Ryne Stanek or Ryan Yarbrough will face Batter 6 in the 1st or 2nd inning - just name Yesterday's Starting Pitcher to the lineup and then pinch hit Lowenstein or Roenicke accordingly when you get there.

Earl was all over that decades ago.

[backwardsk]

What if that pitcher has a clause about games started?  Would that count as a game started?

[SteveA]

On 7/25/2019 at 1:42 PM, OrioleDog said:

Heard about this one recently from the College World Series.  It helps more if you have a platoon type DH who hits say 6th or so.

Say you aren't sure if Ryne Stanek or Ryan Yarbrough will face Batter 6 in the 1st or 2nd inning - just name Yesterday's Starting Pitcher to the lineup and then pinch hit Lowenstein or Roenicke accordingly when you get there.

Earl did it in 1980.   He'd put a pitcher who wasn't going to pitch at DH, where he had been platooning Benny Ayala and Terry Crowley and usually batted late in the order.   Just in case the starter went out with an injury or got knocked out really early.

So it was put in the rules that the starting DH has to bat at least once (barring injury).