Before the full-time switch to embrace it in 2022, the designated hitter position was always problematic for National League teams. Their rosters weren’t built for it - why bother, for the handful of games played each year in American League parks. That’s why in the past Arizona fans have seen lineups where the likes of Phil Gosselin, John Ryan Murphy (batting third, no less!) and Jon Jay have been the starting designated hitter. The results have been... much as you’d expected. Over the entirety of franchise history, the D-backs have got a line of .225/.304/.383 out of their DH’s, a .
2024 Fangraphs Diamondbacks Projection: Designated Hitter
