If half the MLB requires pitchers to hit, and most of them are an automatic out, wouldn't it be a significant competitive advantage for a team with a pitcher who can actually hit? And, if so, why not encourage pitchers to try?
I don't get it.
Let's leave aside the bean ball aspect, perpetually-right-around-the-corner universal DH rule, and the Syndergaards, Madbums, Greinkes of the world, who are outliers.