DP/Flex rule

[SBmom8992]

When a pitcher is batting for herself and the Flex is a fielder, if the pitcher gets removed and replaced with a PO, is the only option to pinch hit for the PO when she gets up?


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[inumpire]

When a pitcher is batting for herself and the Flex is a fielder, if the pitcher gets removed and replaced with a PO, is the only option to pinch hit for the PO each time she gets up?


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Sorry, but not sure I know what a PO is?

 

[canyonjoe]

When a pitcher is batting for herself and the Flex is a fielder, if the pitcher gets removed and replaced with a PO, is the only option to pinch hit for the PO each time she gets up?


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I don't know what a PO is but the flex has nothing to do with the pitcher. It's not like baseball with a DH.

 

[SBmom8992]

PO = pitcher only who doesn’t hit for herself

In my example, the flex at the start of a game is a fielder other than the pitcher, who is hitting for herself. The DP is hitting for that fielder. If the pitcher who is hitting for herself gets removed from the game and is replaced by a PO (again, pitcher who doesn’t hit for herself), then the only option is to have her pinch hit for and reentered, correct?


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[jsoftballcoach]

If I understand correctly, since the Pitcher is not part of the DP/Flex, then it’s just a substitution when the pitcher comes out.


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[The Man In Blue]

PO = pitcher only who doesn’t hit for herself

In my example, the flex at the start of a game is a fielder other than the pitcher, who is hitting for herself. The DP is hitting for that fielder. If the pitcher who is hitting for herself gets removed from the game and is replaced by a PO (again, pitcher who doesn’t hit for herself), then the only option is to have her pinch hit for and reentered, correct?


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You could teach her to hit.

If I am understanding your example correctly, the pitcher is not involved in your DP/Flex. Those positions have nothing to do with your pitcher in that case.

So then, yes ... your options are she either bats or you substitute for her. She has one re-entry available. The next time she comes up to bat, she can bat for herself or be substituted for. If you bat for her with a a second substitution, the pitcher cannot re-enter the game.

 

[mmeece]

Ideally you would plan better. For example, in this case I'd probably have the 2nd pitcher listed as my starting pitcher and flex in the original lineup, with my actual starting pitcher listed as DP. At the plate meeting I'd sub in my DP for my pitcher (flex) after the lineup is accepted. Then, when you need a relief pitcher she can re-enter without changing your bating lineup. Or, if you set up you lineup as in your original post, you could just sub the relief pitcher into the flex position and another player to replace the original pitcher (if she couldn't play the position the flex did).

 

[Cagman]

Yes, you would have to pinch hit for her and then re-enter her. 1 time allowed.

The dp/flex is confusing at first. Took me about 3 years, but I think I figured it out

In your case the pitcher is just another position.

 

[The Man In Blue]

Yes, you would have to pinch hit for her and then re-enter her. 1 time allowed.

The dp/flex is confusing at first. Took me about 3 years, but I think I figured it out

In your case the pitcher is just another position.

Nah ... the rule isn't confusing. What people try to do with it is confusing.

 

[Carty]

Totally agree with TMIB.

The easiest way to remember how the rule works is that the DP & Flew are joined at the hip in the batting order. The Flex can only come in to bat for the DP, which would a substitution - the DP has left the game. As long as the Flex plays defense, you can sit any of the other nine and there is no substitution since the Flex hasn't left the game. The second the Flex sits, you have made a substitution for her. You simply track who is not playing the role assigned - and you will know where the substitution has happened.