have you seen hill run/field? it's pretty obvious that he's a lousy athlete. it's why I hate the DH in minor league ball. I realize that it helps you develop more hitters, but it atrophies your pitchers hitting ability really badly I love it, pitchers in A ball and lower don't need to waste their time learning how to bunt and whatnot. yeah, but if really good-hitting pitchers from high school and college kept hitting all the way through the system, then their spot in the lineup in the majors wouldn't be an automatic out Indeed, but I think they should spend as much of their development time pitching. that's not mutually exclusive. i'm not advocating spending extra time in the cages or batting practice or anything, just let them hit. I guess they're out to protect the pitchers from getting hurt on the bases