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The universal DH is a ‘safe bet’ for the NL. What would that mean for the Cubs?

Buried in this Sunday notes column by Buster Olney at ESPN, in discussion about free agent DH Nelson Cruz, is this comment about the universal designated hitter:

Regardless of whether the universal DH is again negotiated for use in 2021 — the safe bet is that it will, unless the MLB and players’ union animus erupts to the point of complete dysfunction — Cruz might get a lot of teams’ interest, but probably not big, big dollars.

Olney is one of the national writers who seems pretty plugged-in to what’s going to happen in baseball, and I believe him.