Dose of Buffa D. Buffa

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I doubt the purity of the game would take a big hit if a real hitter got those four at-bats per game. A real hitter as in someone who makes more money if he can perform it better than the next guy. The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t look up Trevor Bauer’s hitting statistics on Fangraphs before deciding to pay him Lebron James-type money to (hopefully) start 34 games per season. They really didn’t. The Dodgers want a lot of wins and even more attention. Right now, Bauer gives them both. Hitting has nothing to do with it.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://doseofbuffa.com/2021/02/21/bring-on-the-dh-watching-pitchers-hit-is-boring/