The 2020 MLB season marked the first year that the universal Designated Hitter had been implemented across baseball, meaning National League fans got their first look at life with the DH. The rule change was just one of a number of reforms added prior to the shortened season as part of its health and safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Buster Olney recently stated that it’s a ‘safe bet’ that the universal DH will return in 2021.
Putting aside personal feelings on the Designated Hitter and its place in baseball (full disclosure: I have never been a fan but was not as offended by it as I thought it would be), the DH objectively helps the Mets, a team that, for years, have built a roster filled with DHs with no place to put them.