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The Rundown Lite: Universal DH ‘Moved a Little Bit,’ Javy Draws Two Walks, Busting Slumps, Kang is Back

It’s Saturday and I started my morning so tired that when I went to look up stats on Eddie Butler for a separate piece, I actually typed “ginger” into the FanGraphs search. I’ve since caffeinated myself, but it’s still probably best to jump right into this.

Manfred talks universal DH

As a general rule, I’m opposed to anything Rob Manfred wants to change with the game. That’s partially because he’s proposed some really inane stuff and also because he’s threatened to make unilateral changes for seemingly not other reason than to spite the union.