Though he plays a position viewed as the National League’s DH even before the National League actually had the DH, I’ve long maintained that Kyle Schwarber is a perfectly cromulent left fielder. Even in a city known for its cuts of meat, Schwarber isn’t guilty of nearly the same kind of defensive butchery as former NL Central opponents Adam Dunn and Matt Holliday.
Even with the DH in effect, Schwarber played only nine of his 59 games there. And one of those came after he entered as a pinch hitter, so it was more a function of convenience.