Can someone please explain the double switch to me.?

Question

I'm an American League fan and this is hardly ever used in the AL. I've never quite understood it. Can someone explain it clearly for me? Answering the question with a clear example would be very helpful. Thanks.

Answer 1

It is usually when a batter pinch hits for the pitcher (which is why its not hardly used in the AL) and then comes in to a position while a new pitcher pitches. Ex. (For the Reds) If Josh Hamilton came in a pinch hit for Arroyo and then they used the double switch Hamilton may move to LF and Adam Dunn takes the bench. While a new pitcher pitches in relief. Then the batting order also changes alittle too.
(EX.
1.Freel CF
2.Dunn LF
3.Phillips 2B
4.Griffey RF
5.Hatteburg 1B
6.Gonzalez SS
7.Encarnacion 3B
8.Ross C
9. Arroyo P

New lineup:
1.Freel
2.New pitcher
3.Phillips - where next inning leads off
4.Griffey
5.Hatteburg
6.Gonzalez
7.Encarnacion
8.Ross
9.Hamilton- now playing LF

Answer 2

Pincollector's got it; you want to bring in a new pitcher but keep him as far away from batting as possible, so as perhaps to get more than one inning from him on the mound.

The manager has the prerogative to make some exceptions, though. If the guy who just made the last out is your big slugger, say Albert Pujols, then you don't take him out, and yank the batter before him.

It's really not complicated and, while interesting, far too many people claim it shows "strategy" in the NL that the AL doesn't exploit. But it is such an automatic, practically push-button move that strategy isn't required.

Answer 3

The double switch is when the manager replaces two players at the same time. For example, assume that the 6th batter plays RF and is the last out in an inning. In the next half inning, the manager can now replace the 6th batter with a new pitcher and replace the pitcher with a new RF. That way in the next inning his team's third batter will be the new RF rather than the pitcher.

Answer 4

Here's something that you need to know about a double switch that's being done by a manager while his team is on the field. The manager must report the double switch to the umpire before he goes to the mound to remove his pitcher as well as to send in a defensive position player. If the manager does not go to the umpire, then the replacements are entered as "straight up" substitutions in the batting order.

Answer 5

What happens is, you want to change pitchers, but the #9 spot is coming up soon in the batting order, so you also change the last guy to bat, and insert the pitcher in his spot in the order, and the new fielder into the pitcher's #9 spot..

That way, you get 8 people up before the pitcher is up again.

Or, sometimes it is done when your team is up. You pinch-hit for the pitcher, and insert that player who is PH'ing into the #9 spot, and he replaces a fielder defensively. Your new pitcher will occupy the spot in the batting order vacated by the fielder who was replaced.

Answer 6

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