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  1. Hugh2
    Don’t confuse this argument with being against getting a big bat to DH when the lineup desperately needs offense. there’s a reason many of us wanted someone line Schwarber signed or even Alonso
  2. Hugh2
    Not really at all. Because the aggregate is the only thing that matters, because exceptions will always exist. with the caveat of having an elite bat, teams prefer to not have a full time DH. the fact that someone on a lot of teams grows into that slot during the season is a logic result and not a planned move.
  3. Hugh2
    All we heard about for months was how Yoshida could swing the bat (and was) but was still on the IL because he couldn’t play the field. no way the Sox “planned” on Yoshida being their DH. Devers was the DH no one has ever “planned” for Yoshida to be their DH
  4. Hugh2
    Fangraphs has playing time broken down by 2025 rosters. however it's actually a depth chart using 2026 projections I think. But it explicity says' its for 2025. That's a mix up on someones part over at that site. Still, the fact that they are projecting him for more playing time in the field is a statement. They had him at DH, but he's viewed more as a fielder. He wasn't signed and sought after to be a full time DH. So my point still holds true.
  5. Hugh2
    I went into this seeing how actually was or was not a full time DH per playing time. It makes sense that there's some clarification in all this. Notin was kind enough to provide those details to us. But as I said, at least in a few of those situations a player was playing the field, got hurt, and came back to DH. That kind of strengthens my argument that those teams (at least inititally) wanted to rotate the DH spot.
  6. Hugh2
    I also find it interesting that many of the full time DH's are not guys that teams went out into free agency and bought them thinking oh yeah!!!! lets go sign that guy and put him at DH full time!!!!. Obviously that's going to happen with an elite bat like Schwarber. But when teams do employ a DH 50% of the time or above the higher end of those guys that are inarguably full time DH's are your Giancarlo Stantons. Nobody wanted him to be a DH, he fell into that role. Lets use the Red Sox as a better example. We want Duran to be a good outfielder somewhere, we WANT Roman Anthony to be a stud outfielder, we want those players to be all stars at their position. We wanted Casas to be a first baseman, if he becomes are DH it will be because he hit his way back to being a MLB player NOT because we wanted him to be a DH. Does anybody really truly desire Yoshida to be our full time DH? But yet he'd be ok there, and we would be fine with it if an outfielder is traded and/or Casas never comes back. Teams are not LOOKING for DH's the way that they look for a second baseman.
  7. Hugh2
    ehhhh **** it I'll keep going Pirates - rotation Rangers - full time DH (theres 5!!!!) Rays - full time DH 6!!! uh you guys are catching up. Red Sox - rotation Reds - rotation Rockies - rotation Royals - rotation Tigers - rotation Twins - rotation White Sox - rotation Yankees - Full Time DH Dodgers - Full time DH (it's only fair). so 8 full time DH's My point was, is, and will continually to be MLB teams do not look to employ full time DH's. It's something that happens when either A.) you have a Kyle Schwarber on your roster or B.) enough guys get hurt that one guy is essentially playing all the games there but as my friend Notin pointed out......a lot of teams often do NOT start off the season that way.
  8. Hugh2
    Really???? because it almost NEVER happens that way. actually if anything, it appears injury forces a guy into a more prominent starting role at DH.
  9. Hugh2
    Suzuki started 14% of their games at DH. You don't strike me as a liar who makes things up so you're obviously looking at something wrong.
  10. Hugh2
    I'll simplify it Guardians - ROtation Mariners - Rotation Marlins - Rotation Mets - Rotation Nationals - Rotation Orioles - Rotation Padres - Rotation Philles - Rotation.....just kidding. Schwarber is full time DH. I'm just going to stop there, I'll look at more later. The majority of teams do not have a full time DH, and when they do apparently the started the season with a rotatation and a guy got hurt. So it really really really really really does not look like teams are looking to employ a full time DH but rather it something that happens when injuries pile up OR you have a guy like Schwarber. I mean, just to continually reiterate my point lets look at our team. The guy who is poised to get the most DH at bats is a person almost every fan would rather not have on this team as it handcuffs us in so many ways.
  11. Hugh2
    I'm not giving you Ohtani, he literally pitches full time too when healthy and it's been said over and over again he is an execellent athlete who would play the field if he wasn't pitching. But I won't teke him either so lets move onto the Giants. Eldridge 55% playing time they did DH Devers a little bit but literally moved him to 1B for 75% of their games. They also gave time at DH to Heliot Ramos who was their full time LF. Another rotation 7 out of 10.
  12. Hugh2
    Literally all your examples are "well this guy moved to DH when he got hurt" But how many of these teams started the year with a full time DH? which would seem to be a pre-requisite to claim a team doesn't want to rotate the DH and prefers to have a full time player there.
  13. Hugh2
    I notice a trend here. Every one of your full time DH examples is dependent on injury or something happening literally works against the argument that teams look to employ a full time DH. Seemingly it only happens when a guy gets hurt but can still hit. So is that argument? teams are looking for guys who can get injured and then DH? (obviously being sarcastic here). Because in the absence of having a GOAT at DH like Schwarber it appears that the majority of teams rotate their DH, and give more consistent time at the position when forced to do so when injury occurs.
  14. Hugh2
    Diamondbacks split the DH position between 7 guys, with no one getting above 38% of the DH at bats and other guys who started the field such as Loures Gurriel Jr and Ketel Marte taking 28% of the DH at bats to rest them from the field with a few other guys. THat's a rotation. 6 out of 9
  15. Hugh2
    So what youre saying is DHing him wasn't their first choice???
  16. Hugh2
    Cardinals 6 guys DH'd but it's primarily Herrera so I'll throw that one in the Full time DH pile. 4 out fo 7. Cubs 8 Guys DH'd Ballesteros took the most time at 40% DH also playing a little catcher and 1B. Austin who mostly sat on the bench but did play a little 1B took up 24% of the DH at bats. WIth Suzuki, and Owen Caisse taking up another 25% of the time at DH and effectively being the full time RF between the two of them. THat's another heavy rotation. 5 out of 8 teams.
  17. Hugh2
    I'm not confusing anything with anything I'm going down a list of every team and looking at how the DH position is rotated. SO far pretty much every team doesn't have a full time DH
  18. Hugh2
    I'll give you partial credit on the Brewers. But lets be real, they'd get out of that contract in a heartbeat if they could. And they did DH contreras a bit to rest him at catcher. But we will give you that one. 4 for 6.
  19. Hugh2
    Braves, didn't have one single guy reach more than 45% playing time as a DH. Pure rotation with Jurickson Profar, Drake Baldwin, Sean Murphy, and Ronald Acuna Jr all rotating the DH and plyaing the field. 4 for 5....moving down the line.
  20. Hugh2
    A's Rooker DH's the majority of the time so I'll give you guys that one. Lets move on to the Blue Jays George Springer DH'd 52% of the time While Santander took 40% of the DH at bats. Both those guys took the majority of at bats in RF and some in LF. WORLD SERIES caliber team literally rotating the DH. 3 for 4 here....moving down the line
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  22. Hugh2
    Thats literally one team, the first one in the alphabet. Lets go to #2. The Astros Alvarez DH'd only 52% of the time with Paredes taking up 30% of the DH at bats but also playing games at 1B/2B/3B. And Altuve getting rest by DHing 11% of the games.
  23. Hugh2
    That's insanely misleading. How many of those "full time DH's" are actually only playing 50-60% of the time with teams rotating? You also have literally 50% of all of baseball that didn't have a DH 20 years ago.
  24. Hugh2
    Dude. 1 game? try 37 games. Did Mike Trouts games in the field come before or after his injury???
  25. Hugh2
    Don't make me do all 30 teams Notin. Fact of the matter is, most teams use the DH position to rest guys while also allowing to leverage their bench and play match ups. You're not doing that as much with a full time DH.
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