15 most likely designated hitters for each National League team

In his rookie year which he appeared in 80 games, he slashed .226/.279/.471 with 18 HR.

The Marlins have three different players that they could find themselves just being used as a hitter. If Don Mattingly decides Aguilar should be the primary DH, Cooper will find himself playing first and vice versa. Meanwhile, Anderson could be the DH as Jonathan Villar is expected to be the starting third baseman.

Cespedes really benefits from the National League implementing the DH as he has dealt with a multitude of injuries over the past few years which forced him to miss all of last season. In his career, he has slashed .274/.328/.498 with 163 HR, 524 RBIs, 172 doubles and 865 hits.

Last season, Bruce slashed .216/.261/.523 with 26 HR. In his career, he has bashed 312 HR, brought in 934 runs and has totalled 1432 hits.

Either could fill the DH role. Zimmerman is 35 but can still play solid defence at first while Thames can play both first and the corner outfield positions although the Nationals outfield is set. Both players also fit the typical DH role as both can hit for power.

Schwarber is the most obvious player of any team to fill the DH role. Schwarber has been placed in left field the past couple of seasons as he's a poor defender with very little speed. He had the best season of his career in 2019 where he slashed .256/.339/.531 with 38 HR and 92 RBIs.

Aquino broke onto the scene last year by bashing 19 HR with 47 RBIs in 56 games. He slashed .259/.316/.576.

The Brewers brought in Avisail Garcia in the offseason to take over for Braun in the outfield. Luckily for Braun, he'll be able to DH. Braun slashed .285/.343/.505 last season with 22 HR and 75 RBIs.

The Pirates could go with either one here and they could even form a rotation between these two for the DH slot. Both Osuna and Bell are first basemen who are equally good at fielding although Bell is a better hitter. It could really come down to whoever the Pirates want to give more rest to.

The Cardinals have three options to use as their designated hitter. Carpenter used to be an important part of the Cardinals core but had a down year last year and was going to come off the bench most likely in 2020. O'Neill has tremendous power but isn't the greatest fielder and Miller was signed to be a bench bat but did hit 30 HR as a part-time DH for the Rays in 2016.

Lamb struggled last season to a .193/.323/.353 slash line but does have power. He has 81 career HR with 312 RBIs. The Diamondbacks could also opt to have K.J. Cron as their DH who has yet to make his major league debut but possess lots of power. [image source: Wikipedia]

Desmond was to make $15 million this season so the Rockies will want to use him as much as they can and not have him as an expensive bench player. He slashed .255/.310/.479 with 20 HR in 2019. He also hit 31 doubles which was the first time since 2013 that he surpassed 30 doubles in a season.

The acquisition of Betts was going to push one of Pederson or Pollock to the bench but with the DH, the Dodgers can now get both of them in the lineup. Pederson slashed a career-best .249/.339/.538 with career-high numbers in both HR (36) and RBIs (74).

Myers hasn't lived up to his six-year, $83 million deal he signed back in 2016 but with Myers being owed quite a bit of money, the Padres will want to use him in their lineup. If the Padres don't care based on how much their using their players based on pay, they could use Naylor as their DH who is built like a typical designated hitter.

Last season with the Rangers, Pence slashed .297/.358/.552 with 18 HR. The Giants could use a multitude of players as their DH as their team mostly consists of ageing veterans with lengthy injury histories.