With a team so stacked with few weaknesses and limited roster spots available, can the Dodgers actually be thinking about making the 26th man a designated runner? There doesn’t seem to be much difference between Herb Washington and Terrance Gore except that Washington was a better hitter. OK, that was a cold shot. My point is that I can’t fathom the Dodgers leaving one of the young core that deserves a shot at the bigs over a pinch-running specialist. If this was September and the pennant stretch, it would have some merit, but not in late March at the season’s start.
The Designated Runner
