One of the proposals included in both the MLB and MLBPA offers for a 2020 baseball season was to have the designated hitter for all games for both leagues.
That would put the DH in N.L. home games for the first time, and most likely, once it’s in place it’s not going anywhere.
This article is not intended to revive the debate regarding the DH. I’ve made my position on this topic clear and if you’d like to read a well-researched article on this topic, here’s one from Craig Calcaterra at NBC Sports.
Rather, what I want to show you here are two hits by Cubs pitchers, which, if the DH is instituted in the N.