by ClowntimeIsOver » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:24 pm
I think there's no DH substitution preference because it would increase the occurrence of people playing out of position. If a position player in the line-up is substituted for an injured DH, then that player has only one preferred back-up listed (who is probably listed as a substitute for other positions too). With bad luck, the domino effect of substitutions would be more likely to lead to out-of-position (i.e., extremely bad fielding) substitutes, which you could be stuck with for the 2nd and 3rd game of a series. That's my guess, anyway: there's no DH substitute because it would likley lead to having only one listed substitute at some position, and with bad luck that could lead to out-of-position starters.