I grew up with the Red Sox during the 1970s after the DH rule went into effect and typically the DH would be some over-the-hill overweight ballplayer who would literally waddle up to the plate to take his at-bat. He'd smash the occasional home run but most of the time struck out or grounded out in which the DH wouldn't even bother running it out. Then in the World Series, AL pitchers forced to bat for the first time in years would be so over-matched at the plate.
The game is purer when the pitcher has to take his rightful place in the batter's lineup. It will also force scouts to consider batting ability of pitcher prospects as well. Not a bad thing. Babe Ruth started his career as a pitcher and if they had the DH rule then, we might never have known him as a Home Run king.
This interesting observation was posted on a FAcebook baseball group I belong to:
“I was doing a little research. All this talk about DHers being accomplished hitters. I couldn’t find easily gathered stats for 2018; but I did for ‘17. Of the “top 15” not 1 batted .300 26 guys, that are real players batted .300 that season but the guys that “hit for a living” not only couldn’t hit .300, none came close. The guy that came closest was Corey Dickerson. He hit .282 and he’s in the NL now. 9 hit .250 or less. 1 hit less than .200. The top 9 paid DHers for this coming season are going to make about $175,000,000 combined. 1 would think that at least 1 of these guys with what they’re being paid that “hit for a living” would be Triple Crown contenders.”