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  • LET ZACK HIT
    • LET ZACK HIT
    Zack Greinke #23 of the Los Angeles Dodgers trots around the bases after hitting a two-run homer off of Mike Kickham #59 of the the San Francisco Giants in the top of the six inning at AT&T Park on September 13, 2014 in San Francisco, California. | Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images What have the Royals got to lose? This Sunday, Zack Greinke will pitch the last game of the season. ...2023
  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 8
    MLB via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The Mick banned for associating with gamblers, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as ...2023
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  • • The sacrifice bunt and intentional walk are vanishing from baseball
    Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images And this is a good thing. Last February, I posted this article indicating that I thought that with the universal DH coming to MLB in 2022, the use of strategies like the sacrifice bunt and intentional walk would begin to disappear from baseball. A followup article in April seemed to confirm that hypothesis. Now, we have a full season’s worth of data that s...2022
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  • Dodgers reportedly pursuing seven-time All-Star Nelson Cruz
    • Dodgers reportedly pursuing seven-time All-Star Nelson Cruz
    The Los Angeles Dodgers sound ready to make the most of the universal designated hitter rule this season....2022
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  • New CBA officially introduces universal designated hitter
    • New CBA officially introduces universal designated hitter
    The union has sought a universal DH for quite some time, with more possibility for aging or defensively limited players to have regular roles....2022
  • • New CBA Officially Introduces Universal Designated Hitter
    Today’s collective bargaining agreement officially introduced the designated hitter to the National League, tweets Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. That’s certainly not a surprise, as the universal DH had been one of the earlier principles for MLB and the Players Association to settle. The union has sought a universal DH for quite some time, with more…...2022
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  • • MLBTR Poll: Will The National League Have The DH In 2021?
    For the first time since 1972, both the American League and National League played a season under a uniform set of rules.  The institution of the universal designated hitter was one of several concessions made to the unusual circumstances of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, as with pitchers already facing a heightened injury risk from a…...2020
  • • MLB, union reportedly discussing significant rule changes
    Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and MLBPA executive director Tony Clark have recently been discussing a series of potential rule changes centering around pace of play, roster size and roster construction, writes Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (subscription link). ESPN.com’s Jeff Passan and Joel Sherman of the New York Post (Twitter thread) add further details, characterizing the dial...2019
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  • • MLB, union discussing significant rule changes
    Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and MLBPA executive director Tony Clark have recently been discussing a series of potential rule changes centering around pace of play, roster size and roster construction, writes Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (subscription link). ESPN.com’s Jeff Passan and Joel Sherman of the New York Post (Twitter thread) add further details, characterizing the dial...2019
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  • • Here we go again: Should the National League have a DH?
    ​ In the world of baseball, debate of the universal designated hitter rages on. For stretches at a time that argument lies dormant, but then something happens—like Adam Wainwright tearing his left Achilles tendon during an at-bat. Suddenly that question is brought to the forefront again, and generally the views are mixed. Some managers, like Brad Ausmus, prefer the strategic side of the NL, whil...2015
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Timeline

  • 2023
    "LET ZACK HIT"

  • 2022
    "New CBA Officially Introduces Universal Designated Hitter"

  • 2021
    "Universal DH Could Spell End of Hitting PItchers"

  • 2020
    "Universal DH Will Be Implemented For 2020"

  • 2019
    "MLB, union discussing significant rule changes"

  • 2018
    "Poll: Should The NL Adopt The Designated Hitter?"

  • 2015
    "Here we go again: Should the National League have a DH?"

Universal Designated Hitter trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • LET ZACK HIT
    2023
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 8
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    2022
  • • Prospect News: Top 10 Beneficiaries of the Universal DH
    If MLB implements a Universal Designated Hitter as expected this season, the new rule will impact more than just the lumbering gloveless wonders. A Universal DH opens up playing time for people all over the field, especially in the era of load management. If the DH spot adds something like 650 plate appearances, I suspect most teams will divide that up among several players.  Seems important to n...2022
  • • MLB free agency: Universal DH will help several players on the market, including Anthony Rizzo and Jorge Soler
    MLB is expected to make the universal designated hitter permanent and it'll help these free agents...2022
  • • Latest On Universal DH, Expanded Playoffs
    The Major League Baseball Players Association rejected the league’s most recent proposal to implement a universal designated hitter, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported this morning in a larger, broad-reaching look at the issues facing the two parties. MLB offered up a universal DH and a willingness to rule in favor of two players on a pair…...2021
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  • • MLB offers to cancel expanded playoffs, universal DH for 2021
    MLB commissioner Rob Manfred sent a letter to the MLBPA on Sunday offering to nix the expanded playoff field and universal designated hitter for next season if a full campaign cannot be played in 2020....2020
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  • • Scott Boras tells MLB players to reject proposal for 2020 season
    The proposal the league will offer players on Tuesday includes the restart of spring training in June, a potential Opening Day on or around July 4, and a universal designated hitter....2020

Universal Designated Hitter stats and results

  • • The sacrifice bunt and intentional walk are vanishing from baseball
    2022
  • • Prospect News: Top 10 Beneficiaries of the Universal DH
    2022

Top Universal Designated Hitter news

  • • New CBA Officially Introduces Universal Designated Hitter
    2022
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  • • Universal DH Will Be Implemented For 2020
    After months of return-to-play discussions, a shortened 2020 season looks to be upon us — and with it comes the long-anticipated and highly divisive implementation of the universal designated hitter. National League fans and baseball traditionalists recoil at the idea, but both polls we’ve conducted on the universal DH have shown that fans are pretty…...2020
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  • • MLB free agency: Universal DH will help several players on the market, including Anthony Rizzo and Jorge Soler
    2022
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  • • Poll: A Major Change To Extra Innings
    Twenty-six of the majors’ 30 teams will open the regular season July 23, while the other four will begin on the 24th, Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweets. As a 60-game campaign with various notable rule changes – including a universal designated hitter – as well as possibly no fans in the stands, it figures…...2020
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  • Universal DH Could Spell End of Hitting PItchers
    • Universal DH Could Spell End of Hitting PItchers
    With baseball veering toward a universal designated hitter, Sunday’s Game 5 of the World Series could be the last time pitchers routinely take turns at the plate....2021
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  • • New CBA officially introduces universal designated hitter
    2022
  • • Scott Boras tells MLB players to reject proposal for 2020 season
    2020
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  • MLB universal DH appears on the way, but it’s not official yet
    • MLB universal DH appears on the way, but it’s not official yet
    The universal designated hitter very likely will become Major League Baseball doctrine for 2022 and beyond. Yet that bridging of the game’s long-standing league divide didn’t magically become official on Thursday....2022
  • • Who Will Benefit from the MLB Layoff as the Season Starts?
    It’s time for the weirdest season of baseball in recent memory: With 60 games, no fans (for now) and a universal designated hitter, some teams are in a better position than others to take advantage....2020
  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 8
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  • • How Might The Mets Handle The Universal DH?
    National League teams didn’t build their rosters with the expectation of a universal designated hitter slot for 2020, but most are capable of filling the job from within. Some teams could really benefit from the anticipated temporoary rule change … among them, the Mets. The advantage for the New York organization is multi-faceted. It’s not just…...2020
  • • In a Season of Challenges, the Mets See a Unique Opportunity, Too
    With a short season and a universal designated hitter, General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen is optimistic about his team’s chances — as long as players and staff can keep the virus at bay....2020
  • • In a Season of Challenges, the Mets See a Unique Opportunity, Too
    With a short season and a universal designated hitter, General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen is optimistic about his team’s chances — as long as players and staff can keep the virus at bay....2020

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Universal Designated Hitter schedule, game

  • • LET ZACK HIT
    2023
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 8
    2023
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  • • The sacrifice bunt and intentional walk are vanishing from baseball
    2022
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  • Expanded playoffs, universal DH talks appear off the table for 2021
    • Expanded playoffs, universal DH talks appear off the table for 2021
    There has been no recent movement in talks between MLB and the MLB Players Association regarding the potential implementation of an expanded postseason or the universal designated hitter for the 2021 season....2021
  • • No Planned Future Discussion On Expanded Playoffs, Universal DH In 2021
    There has been no recent movement in talks between MLB and the MLB Players Association regarding the potential implementation of an expanded postseason or the universal designated hitter for the 2021 season, reports Evan Drellich of the Athletic. There are no current plans to revisit those talks, per Drellich, who characterizes playoff expansion and the…...2021
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  • MLB, union reach deal for 2021 season without universal DH
    • MLB, union reach deal for 2021 season without universal DH
    MLB and the MLB Players Association reached an agreement Monday night on health and safety protocols that will cover 2021 spring training and the regular season that, among other items, does not include a universal designated hitter. Spring training is scheduled to open Feb. 17 and the sides reached an accord on a document with......2021
  • Sources: MLBA nixes universal DH, more playoffs
    • Sources: MLBA nixes universal DH, more playoffs
    The Major League Baseball Players Association has turned down latest MLB proposal for the universal designated hitter and an expanded playoff format, sources confirmed to ESPN....2021
  • • Bold predictions for 2020 MLB season
    Baseball fans have waited months for Opening Day of the 2020 MLB season and now it’s almost here. While a 60-game schedule and the universal designated hitter will take some getting used to, it helps us create some bold predictions for the upcoming season....2020
  • • MLB offers to cancel expanded playoffs, universal DH for 2021
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  • • Scott Boras tells MLB players to reject proposal for 2020 season
    2020
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Universal Designated Hitter rumors, scandals

  • Our latest MLB offseason buzz: Second baseman market after LeMahieu, NL DH waiting game and more
    • Our latest MLB offseason buzz: Second baseman market after LeMahieu, NL DH waiting game and more
    Where could teams needing second-base help turn next? How is universal designated hitter indecision holding up free agency? Here's what we're hearing....2021

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