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Originally Posted by NCBeachBum
Actually, this does happen IRL in a double switch (the pitcher's changing while on offense without batting, I mean). And it still does not make the new guy the pitcher of record.
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That always happens when the team is pitching, tho. Never when theyre hitting.
When youre hitting you can only swap out a pitcher for a pinch hitter. The pinch hitter is then considered as the pitcher. You have to wait until the half inning is over to make a pitching change and obviously the pinch hitter doesnt then become the pitcher of record.
So basically the game allows illegal substitutions. It allows you to place a pinch hitter into the lineup before the player pinch hit for comes to bat.