MLB is adopting a universal designated hitter in 2022, ... Designated hitter candidates for every National League team. By The Athletic MLB Staff. Feb. 11, 2022 Updated Feb. 14, 2022.

The American League and National League have had separate rules for too long. It makes sense to bring the designated hitter to the National League. Back in 1973, in order to boost offense and ...

A number of pitching injuries have cropped up in the National League this year, prompting baseball's commentariat class to engage in its semi-regular debate about whether to extend the designated ...

The National League rule change is approved for this shortened season only. However, it is likely the topic of the National League designated hitter will be a focal point of basic agreement ...

Since 1973, the designated hitter has been employed in the American League, but not the National League. One brand of baseball is more fun to watch, while the other lags like a pitcher attempting ...

In a move bound to send baseball purists rushing to pray at Abner Doubleday’s grave, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred revealed this week that the National League could adopt the designated hitter by ...

Thanks to the universal designated hitter, the Marlins now can keep Jesus Aguilar and Garrett Cooper in the same lineup. Aguilar and Cooper are two of Miami’s most dependable hitters, and run ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A routine pop-up sparked one of baseball's oldest debates. An awkward foot plant by Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright ended his season with a torn Achillies and started the natural ...

The league’s best designated hitter, Toronto’s Edwin Encarnacion, pretty much earned his $10 million salary with 39 homers, and a .929 OPS. Still, his 4.7 WAR, while good, was only the 40th ...

Major League Baseball is moving toward a 60-game 2020 season. For the first time in history, the designated hitter rule will be implemented in both the American and the National Leagues.

Adam Wainwright, one of Major League Baseball’s most dominant starting pitchers in recent history, recently suffered a torn Achilles tendon. The St. Louis Cardinals ace will likely miss the rest of ...

Instituting the designated hitter rule in the National League, as is proposed in MLB’s latest plan to play the 2020 regular season, could have a radical effect on games.