MLB: How will the new universal designated hitter rule work?

In recent days it was revealed that the Major League Baseball (MLB) will put into effect the norm of designated hitter (DH) universal from the 2022 Season. As a result of the news shared by Commissioner Rob Manfred, some doubts have arisen about how will this new rule work. That is why we share the explanation here.

As it seemed to come, the MLB reported that the designated universal hitter is a fact. That is to say, both in the American League and in the National League there will be such a position within the lineup of the matches.

According to the explanation of the journalist Enrique Rojas of ESPN, this does not mean that a pitcher will never be seen hitting again, but the situation in which he does it will be different from what happened in the National until 2021.

Pitchers will no longer bat during the same game they came out to make a start or relieve, but could be lined up on different days or even used as pinch hitters.

Rojas said that “the designated hitter is an option that is given to the team and that it is not mandatory”, so both from Shohei Ohtani, who is probably the most recurrent; how other pitchers could take the wood again.


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MLB: How will the new universal designated hitter rule work?