2022 universal DH, thank goodness!!! . Just common sense.
So much NO.
Jorge Soler the WS MVP was a DH.
Well...sort of. He was the DH in the 50% of the games that were played with designated hitters. And in the other 50% of the games he was the right fielder (and, in one game, bench warmer).
Would you want your starter batting when you have hitters on the bench?
Yes. Catchers are also often weak hitters. Let's have designated hitters for catchers too. Same with second basemen. Heck...let's have a whole roster of designated hitters so that no one who plays in the field also bats.
Too risky and literally cost some pitchers their careers.
Who?
It automatically gave NL teams advantages in their home field.
It does? Is that advantage any different than the advantage that the home team is presumed to enjoy simply because it is playing at home?
While I was not able to find statistics limited to interleague games played in National League parks, American League teams have won 302 more interleague games than National League since interleague play began, so I doubt that any advantage is statistically significant.
Also, in the 34 World Series from 1986-2021 (excluding 2020, in which the DH was used in all six games), the designated hitter was used in games in the AL park and not used in games in the NL park. During those 35 series, the AL teams' aggregate record in games played in the NL parks was 46-50. Hardly a statistically significant advantage, and certainly not one that rises above the level of an ordinary home-field advantage. However, if you add all games in the 1973-75, 77, 79, 81, 83 and 85 World Series (in which NL rules were used in all seven WS games despite the AL using the DH during the regular season), the AL's overall record in games in which the pitchers batted jumps to 74-72.
Needless to say, I disagree that the universal DH is "common sense" and that not using DHs is "moronic" (or anything close to it).