NFHS DH and Reentry - Can We Do It?

[johnnyg08]

Starters:

Jones DH

Smith F1

Bench Player:

Thomas replaces Smith as pitcher in the 3rd inning. 

 

In the 4th inning Jones hits a double and turned his ankle rounding 1B and needs to come out of the game. 

Offense reenters Smith for Jones and remains in the game as DH for Thomas who continues to pitch. 

Legal? 

[jimurrayalterego]

10 minutes ago, johnnyg08 said:

Starters:

Jones DH

Smith F1

Bench Player:

Thomas replaces Smith as pitcher in the 3rd inning. 

 

In the 4th inning Jones hits a double and turned his ankle rounding 1B and needs to come out of the game. 

Offense reenters Smith for Jones and remains in the game as DH for Thomas who continues to pitch. 

Legal? 

If you properly used a 10 slot lineup it would be obvious that Smith could only reenter in the 10 spot for Thomas.

[johnnyg08]

6 minutes ago, jimurrayalterego said:

If you properly used a 10 slot lineup it would be obvious that Smith could only reenter in the 10 spot for Thomas.

We agree. 

[johnnyg08]

While digging a bit, I did find this...page 29-30: 

3-1 Art 4(a)1

The role of the DH is terminated when: 

 

[Jimurray]

2 hours ago, johnnyg08 said:

While digging a bit, I did find this...page 29-30: 

3-1 Art 4(a)1

The role of the DH is terminated when: 

 

Which for your OP would be Smith for Thomas in the 10 spot. Thomas burned. 10 spot lined out. Smith for Jones in Jones slot. DH terminated. Jones has has 1 reentry. 

[jimurrayalterego]

13 hours ago, johnnyg08 said:

We agree. 

Who doesn't?

[johnnyg08]

1 hour ago, jimurrayalterego said:

Who doesn't?

It's the Internet you know. 

[DevildogUmp]

On 8/11/2026 at 11:39 PM, jimurrayalterego said:

If you properly used a 10 slot lineup it would be obvious that Smith could only reenter in the 10 spot for Thomas.

No, even if your card is utilizing 10 slots, the Defensive Player and the DH are actually sharing the same spot in the batting order. Because of this, when the Defensive Player enters on Offense, we put him in the DH spot and kill the 10th spot, dropping to straight 9. Basically, the offense just removed 2 players with 1 entry. 

[jimurrayalterego]

58 minutes ago, DevildogUmp said:

No, even if your card is utilizing 10 slots, the Defensive Player and the DH are actually sharing the same spot in the batting order. Because of this, when the Defensive Player enters on Offense, we put him in the DH spot and kill the 10th spot, dropping to straight 9. Basically, the offense just removed 2 players with 1 entry. 

What do you mean by "No"? The first question in the OP was whether the removed Defensive Player could legally sub for his DH while his Defensive sub was in the game. The answer is no. Once our OP posted what the rule would allow I followed with he could replace the Defensive sub with his starter Defensive player in the 10 spot and then cross out the 10 spot to put him in the DH's slot.

[DevildogUmp]

17 minutes ago, jimurrayalterego said:

What do you mean by "No"? The first question in the OP was whether the removed Defensive Player could legally sub for his DH while his Defensive sub was in the game. The answer is no. Once our OP posted what the rule would allow I followed with he could replace the Defensive sub with his starter Defensive player in the 10 spot and then cross out the 10 spot to put him in the DH's slot.

You said Smith could only reenter in the 10 spot. That isn't true. Smith can reenter in either place. Either he reenters defensively in the 10 spot or offensively wherever the DH is. If Smith reenters offensively for the DH, it kills the DH for the game and both the DH and the Smith's original substitute are removed from the game at that point (sub is out fully, original DH still has reentry rights as a starter).