How to Use DH in a Sentence

DH

noun

• As for what the team would do at DH, there was no concrete answer.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• For the second time in his past three pitching starts, Ohtani will not also DH.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 28 Apr. 2026
• Before Monday, Schmitt had gotten starts at DH, first base, second base and third base.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
• Will Smith took Ohtani’s spot as the leadoff hitter and DH, his first career game in the leadoff spot.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
• Ohtani will not pitch this season, as the two-way star is recovering from elbow surgery, but he is expected to DH.
  — Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024
• He was scheduled to bat leadoff at DH on Tuesday, the Dodgers said on social media.
  — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
• Tommy Pham would be a solid pickup to join their outfield mix and maybe even take over a more regular role there and the DH spot.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
• Right now, lefty swinging Masataka Yoshida is forecast as the DH.
  — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Filling holes in the rotation, in the outfielder and the lineup with a lefty bat or two — perhaps at DH or first base — is not about haste.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
• The first baseman/DH has hit safely in four straight games, with a home run, three doubles, three RBI, four runs scored and two walks.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
• My suggestion has been to run him through DH once or twice a week to give his legs a break, but Schumaker said Friday that’s pretty much a no-go.
  — Kevin Sherrington mar. 6, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
• That becomes an issue when the Yankees need to find a spot in the lineup for DH Giancarlo Stanton.
  — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
• Mike Trout was moved to DH, with Jorge Soler going into right field, and Jo Adell moving to center.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
• Trey Mancini, the former Cub, also is off to a slow start (1 for 13, six strikeouts) in his bid to win a backup first base/DH job.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
• Luis Arraez is back in the lineup and at first base, pushing Ryan O’Hearn to DH and Gavin Sheets to the bench.
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
• Apart from this gimmick, DH Noodles is a rather standard but elevated source for Northern Chinese eats.
  — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
• After playing on the junior varsity team for two seasons, Scardine was in Morton’s opening day lineup at DH last year.
  — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
• After moving between first, second and third base – and DH – for his first five seasons with the Dodgers, Muncy has played third base almost exclusively the past two seasons.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2024
• The ideal alignment for them is to have Josh Lowe, Mike Trout and Jo Adell in the outfield, with Soler at DH.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
• On Sunday, Meneses started at DH batting sixth before being lifted for the left-handed Carlos Cortes after three at-bats.
  — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026
• The Padres drafted Fountain as a third baseman and then relegated him mostly to DH duty last year following Tommy John surgery after the draft.
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
• In the early years it was handed to Anthony Powell and DH Lawrence and Ivy Compton Burnett and Muriel Spark.
  — Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
• Even Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid posted on X about how center fielder O’Neil Cruz should learn to DH.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
• Left fielder Ramón Laureano was having a career-best season when Preller got him and first baseman/DH Ryan O’Hearn from the Orioles for six minor leaguers taken in the 2024 amateur draft.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
• Pitcher Drew Rasmussen and third baseman Junior Caminero, who was voted in by the fans, earned their second consecutive All-Star nod while DH Yandy Diaz will make his first appearance since 2023.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• The team signed left-handed hitting outfielder JJ Bleday and acquired center fielder Dane Myers in a trade, but until the addition of Suárez, the team hadn’t added to an offense that struggled at times and lost two of its top offensive players in outfielder Austin Hays and DH Gavin Lux.
  — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
• Third baseman Manny Machado, center fielder Jackson Merrill and second baseman Jake Cronenworth are all back in the lineup, pushing Ryan O’Hearn to DH as Gavin Sheets starts again in left field and Ramón Laureano starts in right a second straight game.
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
• Even better, Caminero will be taking some friends from the American League’s top team with him as DH Yandy Diaz, starter Drew Rasmussen and reliever Bryan Baker also were named to the American League team for the July 14 game in Philadelphia.
  — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026