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Originally Posted by kq76
But there's practically no meaningful pinch-hitting in the AL. How could there possibly be more strategy with next to no meaningful pinch-hitting? That makes no sense. Practically the only time I see pinch-hitting in the AL is just to get some time for a backup or bring in a starter who is having a day off but you find yourself down so you bring him in. Those are the no-brainers. What's not a no-brainer is having to decide whether you should give up a pitcher who is pitching well for a better hitter. Now I'll give you that it's become less of a problem with pitchers pitching so few innings, but that's another problem.
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That's not true at all. Meaningful late game subs are about matchups, both for pitchers and hitters. I have no idea how you'd consider them "time for a backup". If you consider those no brainers, it just means you under-estimated the importance of them.
Double switch basically is a forced move that burnt up two options of a manger at the same time.