My initial reaction was excitement. I then realized that the Orioles are so bad that I am excited to see a 33 year old journeyman pitcher purely because he throws a knuckleball.
I hate the DH but it looks like the NL will get it. That’s the only difference between leagues now. Umps are the same, no separate league offices, it’s all just for show.
If they put the DH in the NL (as it sounds is likely) there isn’t any reason to not have a balanced schedule. The two “leagues” are now run by the same people and the DH is the only difference. Once that is gone they might as well put everyone together and you play each team the same number of times.
I look at pitches thrown to evaluate work load on the kids I coach. I’m sure professionals do too. I suspect the data we see is not what the teams are using to make decisions.