No, I’m not going to stop beating this drum.
And no, it’s not impossible that MLB’s moguls will finally realize that they need to do the right thing and institute the universal DH — even in the middle of the 2021 season. There’s no reason not to do it.
Pitchers, who have been terrible hitters for decades, have begun 2021 even worse than usual.
Through Thursday’s games, pitchers are hitting .119/.133/.166 (20-for-168) with 95 strikeouts. There have been a total of 186 pitcher plate appearances, so pitchers have struck out in 51.1 percent of those PA, a significant increase over the 43.