ALTERNATIVE: Scoresheet lineup card-pitching strategies

In this episode of the Scoresheet strategy column, we will discuss some topics with setting up pitching on the lineup card.  The topics will be banked starts for pitchers, hook number strategy for starting pitchers, and strategies surrounding the closer designation for relievers.

Banked Starts

A “banked start” happens in Scoresheet when a starting pitcher listed in the rotation on the lineup card pitches twice in the majors but only one of those starts is used that week in Scoresheet. That banked start will then be used at a later time when the Scoresheet team does not have a preferred start in a week. If a manager does not track the banked starts, it may just show up without the knowledge of the owner, but there are ways to have more...

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