name the best DH's in the AL, umm Butler is one, then there's what Victor Martinez and David Ortiz

Top DH's in 2013...really going to bitch about Billy Butler though. 2nd highest OPS

RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS WAR
1 David Ortiz BOS 518 84 160 38 2 30 103 4 0 76 88 .309 .395 .564 .959 4.4
2 Billy Butler KC 582 62 168 27 0 15 82 0 0 79 102 .289 .374 .412 .787 1.5
3 Kendrys Morales SEA 602 64 167 34 0 23 80 0 0 49 114 .277 .336 .449 .785 2.7
4 Victor Martinez DET 605 68 182 36 0 14 83 0 2 54 62 .301 .355 .430 .785 1.2
5 Adam Dunn CHW 525 60 115 15 0 34 86 1 1 76 189 .219 .320 .442 .762 -0.

No but his past has been with frequently hitting into dp's and killing innings. He upped his game this year to not hitting also so far.

He's an above average to good hitter, but he is a God awful situational hitter.

Makes you wonder if he was juicing in 2012.

Psssst.... it's not 2013 anymore. And I'm starting to think using DH rankings as a measure of anything worthwhile. Is being the 3rd best out of 5 (in batting average) really all that great?

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just because a player gets it together eventually in a season doesn't mean they are worth it.


If a player doesn't produce when a team needs him then his value goes way down. Garbage hits or production when a team is already out of it is a major problem. Same goes for a lack of situational and/or RISP hitting

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Well, as some of you know I have taken a lot of heat from a few people on here for saying Butler needs to go. I have wanted him gone for the last few seasons. He can't hit for power. I should actually say he insists on hitting for average. He can't field and he can't run.

This year he has been beyond pathetic. He is a groundball machine and only a misplayed ball is allowing to only have 4 DP's in 12 games and not 5. The last 2 games he has been 0-game and his outs weren't even what you call power outs, meaning he drove the ball hard but it was caught.

He just isn't the player we want him or make him out to be.

I waa on board with this last year. Just cut ties with this worthless POS.

I don't know what the **** he is trying to do but last year dude was rolling over on everything which lead to his league leading hit into DP ranking. I don't know if he is just trying to pull everything or what but he sucks at whatever it is he is trying to do.

"More DPs than an Asian hooker"


Do not let this line fall to the bottom. It's lines like this that make this board a true jewel

Why does Yost insist on him batting cleanup? I'd love to hear the reasoning for this.


In fairness, nobody on the team is showing any power right now....so there are no real good options.

Glad you caught that :)

It was very timely. If we took Hamas' angle, we might've made it "More DPs than a runaway teen". That would also have worked.