In recent years, when the topic of having the designated hitter in the National League came up, the typical response (from those in favor, anyway) was, “Just put Kyle Schwarber in that spot and it’ll be great!”
Well, now we have the DH in the NL — maybe for good — and it hasn’t worked out that way, neither with Schwarber in the spot and ... it has been far from great.
The most frequently used DH in the Cubs in the 24 games so far is Victor Caratini, who’s started at DH in nine games.