re: Skenes starts and bats, DH for Thompson

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Could he start and bat with no DH, then after they pull him, put in place a DH for the reliever?

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a pitcher who bats is actually considered 2 different players.
he is the pitcher AND he is the DH.

when he leaves the game as a pitcher, he is still in as DH.
and while I don't why they would ever do it, the opposite is also true. If he left the game as DH, he could remain in as a pitcher.