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The Rangers activated designated hitter/first baseman Joc Pederson from the 10-day injured list on Sunday after missing the ...
The Texas Rangers have played their best baseball yet this season since the second half began. They can now reinsert one of their biggest offseason acquisitions into the lineup. The Rangers activated ...
Yes, that is the designated hitter rule, which has been a consistently divisive part of MLB since 1973. For years, the DH rule was of course the sole province of the American League.
Before injuring his knee, Starling Marte had been one of the more productive members of New York’s lineup, starting nearly ...
The designated hitter is, per player, the highest-paid positional group in baseball. Adding a full-time DH, as many AL teams employ, might mean better-paying jobs if the DH could replace a ...
The DH is by definition a "bat only" position, which means DHs should not be hitting south of premium defensive positions like shortstop and catcher. Yet here we are.
The universal designated hitter very likely will become Major League Baseball doctrine for 2022 and beyond. Yet that bridging of the game’s long-standing league divide didn’t magically become ...
National League pitchers are hitting again this season, and much as Major League Baseball wants to blame the Players Association for the lack of a universal DH, the league could have yielded on ...
When the American League adopted the designated hitter a half-century ago, some pitchers didn’t take kindly to the change. “This robs the pitcher of his manhood,” Philadelphia Phillies ...
George Springer twisted his head, absorbed the full impact of a fastball near the ear flap of his helmet, and dropped to the ...