偵てい察さつ要よう員いん

noun

scout player; placeholder starter

Baseball term: a player listed in the starting lineup to be replaced once the opposing starting pitcher is known, allowing the manager to adjust the lineup.

• 今日きょうの試し合あいでは、偵てい察さつ要よう員いんとして控ひかえの選せん手しゅがスタメンに名なを連つらねている。

  In today's game, a reserve player is listed as a starter as a scout player.