The designated hitter rule allows teams to use another player to bat in place of the pitcher. Because the pitcher is still part of the team's nine defensive players, the designated hitter -- or "DH" - ...

The Houston Astros have nine players on the All-Star Game ballot. Only one is the clear front-runner at his position.

Shohei Ohtani is back in the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup, leading off as the designated hitter, for the second game of the ...

As we get into the offseason, a tricky question comes up again: What are the Atlanta Braves to do about the designated hitter position? Before the 2025 season, there wasn't a debate. It was Marcell ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani missed out on MLB.com's last Hitter Power Rankings, but reappeared on their ...

The Red Sox were once a team built around slugging designated hitters. From 2003 to 2022, Ortiz and J.D. Martinez took 75 ...

In the original form of baseball, all nine players bat and play defense, including the pitcher. The designated hitter system lets a team add a tenth player to the starting lineup—a specialist batter ...

The Athletics have placed designated hitter/outfielder Brent Rooker on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to June 9) with a bone bruise in his left knee, per Martin Gallegos of MLB.com.

No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on ...

Spring training camps are underway, which means it is time to look at the state of baseball. As part of our 2026 MLB season preview, ESPN's Buster Olney surveyed those around the industry to help him ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Braves have an opening at designated hitter that they’d prefer to alternate among their players. Since the National League adopted the DH, the Braves have had Marcell Ozuna on ...

“Deep Dive” focuses on the depth of each position in the Chicago White Sox organization. Each position is broken into a five-part series: José Abreu led the American League in RBIs in 2019, but what ...