We’ve spent a lot of time this offseason wondering whether the universal DH would be adopted for MLB in 2021. Teams were told in December to prepare as if it wouldn’t happen.
And now, apparently, it won’t — but there’s another item players and owners can’t agree on:
MLB offered a universal DH if the union agreed to expanded playoffs. Union rebuffed the deal, which included extra money for players, so at least for now there will be no universal DH.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 25, 2021
Buster Olney has the correct take here:
The union's perspective has been the universal DH should not be tied to expanded playoffs.