If you want to keep pitchers (more likely parents) happy win, plenty of innings.
Bracket strategies are interesting. Sometimes with the top pitcher you regret letting them pitch an easy win, sometimes a perceived easy win in a loss and you wished they had pitched.
This is good to know, DD has not lost in 16 starts playing regional A, and open. May pursue a greater challenge if that continues. Assuming any team worth joining has established 1-2, probable means limited bracket particularly until established. Need to make sure she understands that.
Yup, who to pitch can drive one crazy. We purposefully went from a team where DD was P1 and getting lots of innings to a team where she came in P3 with a chance to move up. It was the right move. With 3 stud pitchers we win a lot, all girls get innings, all girls pitch in brackets. And we can swap out often as needed.
The move worked as designed, motivated her to work harder, and of course being on a better team has plenty of advantages. Her ERA and WHiP went down simply due to having a better defense behind her.