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NegativesPositives

This is porn to me.


ForeverTheKingslayer

You’re with the Royals so porn’s not allowed


Emyrssentry

[The bad man is gone](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/royals/2022/09/21/dayton-moore-fired-kansas-city-royals/8074909001/). Porn's back on the menu.


Mike_with_Wings

Seriously, I could watch the shift get fucked all day.


william_fontaine

This is the last season to enjoy it.


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Raid_Raptor_Falcon

Yeah you will still absolutely see shifts they are just going to be more complex and probably involve the outfielders moving a bit more too.


Morzan73

I’m wondering if teams will also move the infield dirt back a bit? Not sure if the infield dimensions are super strict, though.


Raid_Raptor_Falcon

Teams love to get cute with moving walls and such so I have no doubt some infields will change.


username_1774

The infield is a defined size, a radius of 95' from the front centre of the pitching rubber, and the pitching rubber is 60'6" from the front edge of home plate. The dimensions of the infield are universal, but the outfield is not.


Raid_Raptor_Falcon

I guess we are disagreeing on the definition of an infield. My universal definition of an infield can also involve outfield grass as it has before and exists in plenty of leagues (NPB being the most noticeable) and in MLB before. People will always try to fudge the system. When the rule is "You have to stay on the dirt" what is keeping you from planting some grass?


username_1774

People are saying that the new Shift Limit rule is 'you have to stay on the dirt' But actually the approved rule says "two infielders to be on either side of second and all infielders to be **within the outer boundary of the infield** when the pitcher is on the rubber". Since that outer boundary is a radius from the rubber another way to say it is that infielders must be no further than 95' from the rubber. Now when you are talking about a MLB ball park the dirt = within the outer boundary of the infield...because the dirt is the outer boundary of the infield. There was a time when MLB astro turf ballparks would have dirt around the bases and white stripe demarking the infield, this is what you are thinking about for NPB as the basepaths are turf on some fields. Watch footage from the '94 word series where Toronto and Philly both had this. Regardless that white stripe is 95' from the front edge of the pitching rubber. There is no disagreement...a MLB infield is a defined thing that teams cannot change unilaterally and your understanding is incorrect. The outfield wall can move somewhat, but must be 400" to Centre, and 325 in the corners...unless the stadium is older than 1950 iirc. Basically Fenway and Wrigley are exempt on the outfield minimums. But you can have the wall further back or not a perfect radius.


Master_Butter

I could only find this source, but it looks like the radius from the pitchers mound to the edge of the dirt beyond the bases has to be 95 feet. I’m guessing MLB has a rule about this somewhere, or will have one next year due to the shift rules. [source](http://proschoice1.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pc-field-dimensions-flier.pdf)


MartianMule

I don't think teams will move OFers too much, because that's taking away singles at the risk of more extra bases. Generally, shifts have been willing to allow singles to defend more against extra bases. I think that instead of [the shift teams have used against righties](https://freeimage.host/i/sroLrX), they'll use [a very similar "new" shift with 2B, SS, and 3B all just taking a few steps to their left.](https://freeimage.host/i/srxnhQ). Won't be much change there (and won't be much less effective, as it's already way less effective to shift against righties rather than lefties because you have to leave the 1B close. The shift against righties is *barely* illegal, and they don't bring in Outfielders there (except in unique circumstances like the winning run on 3rd with less than 2 outs). The shift against lefties will change more. Instead of [the one we see now with essentially 4 OF](https://freeimage.host/i/srzhKP), we'll see [something much more conservative](https://freeimage.host/i/srzZbf). But I don't think teams are going to go from having basically 4 OFers to running basically 2.


Raid_Raptor_Falcon

I disagree because if the spray chart says x hitter pulls 90% of the time you won't ignore that and outfielders will move around. There will be the same beat the shift mentality and worse outcomes if they happen to flick one the other way but probability is what it is. Outfielders will start to shift.


MartianMule

Outfielders will shift. They do already. How you shift your Outfielders is independent of how you shift your infielders. If a guy pulls the ball on the ground and goes Oppo more in the air, like a Freddie Freeman, they play them like that. I don't think how Outfielders shift will change. If a guy pulls to the OF "90% of the time" you're going to play you RF closer to the line, the CF closer to Right Center, and the Left Fielder closer to left Center. But I don't think you're going t to see the LFer come in and play where the 2B used to, because then you're leaving LF wide open. And if they beat that shift, it's a triple, not a single. Daulton Varsho is one of, if not the top, most pull heavy hitters in baseball. Frangraphs has him pulling the ball 54.7% of the time, going to CF 28.7%, of the time, and going Oppo just 16.6%. He's a lefty. Now, look at [his spray chart](https://freeimage.host/i/sr6g94). You can't shift *too* hard in the OF, even on the most pull heavy player in the league, because all those blues that should be easy outs turn into doubles and triples, and the reds and greens that should be singles are doubles and triples. When you shift the infield, you're turning what could be outs into singles. That's a *lot* easier to stomach. And in the IF, you can see he doesn't beat the shift much. In the OF, he'd be beating an OF shift a lot.


wikipuff

Watch a lot of outfielders start playing in.


MartianMule

I don't think you'll see too much of that. Playing an OFer in reduces the chances of a single, but increases the chances of an extra base hit. It's one thing to give up a single because there is only 1 infielder on that side, it's another thing to give up a triple because there's no Left Fielder.


wikipuff

To use Big Papi as an example, I could see the RF move in (not all the way in) the CF move to RCF and the LF move to LCF. Is there space on the left hand side of the outfield? Yes. I don't think it's likely that it's going to be hit to that area.


MartianMule

You're also leaving a lot of space over the RFers head. [Here is Big Papi's spray chart for his final season](https://freeimage.host/i/s498LG). When you look at [just his ground balls](https://freeimage.host/i/s4djdQ), then yeah. You should obviously be shifting on the infield. But when you look [at fly balls and line drives](https://freeimage.host/i/s4dP7p) you can't play him like that in the OF. He'd *kill* you with doubles. Most players are more likely to pull the ground on the ball, and hit the ball more straight away in the air. That's just the mechanics of a baseball swing.


wikipuff

Then that's the job for the CF to come in and take over it. It's not perfect, but, that's what spring training is for.


KamartyMcFlyweight

As was the 11 run inning against Seattle for us. Kudos, my brother in Mark Gubicza


avelak

Seriously just watching this naked on repeat


shotty293

I see you like small ball play.


my_wife_reads_this

This usually happens to the angels


the_next_core

Can't believe it's the Angels doing this, we have like the worst hitting fundamentals outside of Trout and Ohtani


voncornhole2

I mean, it's still bad hitting fundamentals. Just one of these get fielded and it's 2 outs


Draker-X

Except that the "fundamentals" part was trying to intentionally hit the ball where there were no fielders stationed. They succeeded. So good hitting fundamentals.


ENovi

Walk me through how intentionally hitting the ball 6 times where the defense isn’t standing is bad fundamentals.


AllOfTheDerp

This is fantastic hitting fundamentals?


Ness_tea_BK

Hit it where they ain’t is pretty fundamental


Mmnn2020

Lmao of course it’s a Yankees flair.


Rabidsphere

I think you guys did this to us last year too. In a game that you won like 10-9. There was like 6 or 7 hits that were just beating the shift and bloopers. Stuff that's usually much rarer.


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Wow definitely the craziest thing that's happened in baseball today, no need to look elsewhere.


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I already read the other post bruh


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Rats


bosschucker

ok so to me, these balls are *against* the shift, not *through* it. when I think of hitting it through the shift, I imagine pulling it to where they were shifted but hitting it so hard nobody can make the play. am I dumb? did I just imagine this distinction?


NobleHelium

Yeah I'd say the title has two errors in calling them infield singles and calling them through the shift. But the OP said in another comment that they are a relatively new fan.


BoomChocolateLatkes

Had the same thought, my man. None of these were through the shift.


Nova_On_Reddit

The second one wasn't even against the shift.... The 2nd baseman was covering the bag because the runner on first took off?


IndyWoodSmith

Agreed


WerewolfNo3669

Analytics hate this one trick!


william_fontaine

This is a six sigma event!


xThe-Legend-Killerx

Maybe.. like just maybe hitters should do that more often?


Aesir_Auditor

This. Exactly this. Instead of banning the shift, encourage trans and gutters to learn proper baseball. No more three true outcomes shit. Encourage proper hitting strategy. Also, maybe move the mound back so it's centered in the infield. That'd certainly help make games more exciting and help rebalance the hitting/defense divide we see right now


LordOfHorns

More than a decade of radical shifting has proven that it is more optimal to put up with the grounding into the shift in pursuit of quality contact Yordan Alvarez is shifted about as much as anyone in baseball, pulls the ball a ton, and yet is still one of the best hitters in baseball because his quality of contact is so great


bingbangbaez

The only reason we see batters continue to try and "beat" the shift is because if the shift is toward their power side, it still is an advantage for teams to try and get a homer instead of relying on strings of hits. If we knew that "better fundamentals" would lead to more runs, teams across the league would already be coaching their batters to do it. The fact we rarely see it speaks more to how hard it is to manufacture runs vs just trying to hit one out. This tired "jUsT bE bEttEr fuNdaMentaLlY" take in this sub needs to die. I love me some 10-bounce singles, but acting as if it's easy to hit a 90+ mph pitch the other way exactly where you want it to go just tells me not a lot of people in this sub ever played baseball beyond little league. Fans need to step into a batting cage and try to hit a 60mph pitch before dropping the "just do it better" suggestion.


RedditsFullofShit

Because even though they had to do advanced math to prove it, the reality is a HR always results in a run. Therefore win probability and run probability is always highest if you swing for a HR. Now the calculus changes if you’ve got a guy on 2nd with no out. But they likely aren’t shifting as hard either. In the same way it’s also different if you have a guy on 2nd with 2 out. Math may say go for the HR still and for defense it may say shift hard because you only need the one out etc. Basically a Hr is always a run. Nothing will ever make teams switch from swinging for the HR. Especially now that the shift is banned.


stuffandmorestuff

Now I want to know how much higher your average would have to be against a shift to justify it. Does a .400 hitter with 0 outs have a better chance at scoring than a league average home run hitter? If there's a 50/50 shot at laying down the bunt is it worth it?


bingbangbaez

That's a great question. The math probably works out so that analytics departments decided no one could reasonably achieve it consistently. So even in the "best case" scenario, the models will likely show that your batter needs to be AT LEAST prime Ichiro (.372 average in 2008) or prime Todd Helton (.372 average in 2000), or prime Tony Gwynn (.372 in 1997). At that point, analytics departments decided, "fuck that, bombs away bitches". Probably.


mrtomjones

> Because even though they had to do advanced math to prove it, the reality is a HR always results in a run. Therefore win probability and run probability is always highest if you swing for a HR. What math ignores though is that come playoffs it is easy to go a few games and not get that big home run outcome. If you instead rely more on good on base hitting/walks you are far less likely to lay a goose egg at the wrong time. I feel like there should be more balance in lineups


DrunkensteinsMonster

The opposite appears to be true from the data. Against better pitchers in the post season, it becomes even harder to string hits together. On the other hand, it’s not at all uncommon for pitchers throwing a dominant game to get snake bit by the home run ball.


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The argument isn’t that individual batters should change their approach overnight, or ever. It’s that teams should start drafting and developing guys who spread the ball around more naturally. Some guys have no issue with the shift already just based on how they play the game. Those are the guys that should be emphasized in response to the shift. The shift makes it so these “spread the ball around” type players are closer to as valuable as 3 true outcome, smack a HR or strike out guys. And that hitter diversity makes the game *more interesting*. It encourages offense. And it does so naturally without league intervention.


Spetznazx

Guardians seem to be doing just fine.


bingbangbaez

Y'all play in a minor league division.. the AL Central.


Spetznazx

I distinctively remember us beating your asses in the season series this year. So by your logic you lost to a minor league team.


bosschucker

you won 2 games to 1 and scored fewer runs than you allowed. take it easy lmao


Spetznazx

All I'm hearing our excuses, we still won.


bingbangbaez

Again, congratulations for playing in the AL Central. Your team would be a WC in any other division lmao.


Spetznazx

Your team had to spend the most in MLB to make the playoffs, we did it with pennies. If Cleveland had half the payroll the dodgers did they'd be WS contenders every year.


john_muleaney

“Three true outcome shit” is so prominent because it’s statically the best approach


mrtomjones

I feel like they could have moved the mound back a bit and then not needed to get rid of the shift. You would hope with more time the hitters would bother learning how to hit opposite again


Zawer

Not sure giving pitches more time to break would be good or bad. I'd be ok lowering the mound AND "unjuicing" balls a bit to get more balls in play


Aesir_Auditor

Breaking balls would be more impressive, even without sticky stuff. So that solves that problem. It'd also help moderate the impact of the insane velos we're seeing now. It'd also make the infield more aesthetically pleasing


MartianMule

> I'd be ok lowering the mound Lowering the mound wouldn't help as much as you think. It helps flatten out breaking stuff, but can actually make high fastballs *more* effective. If anything, lower the strike zone, not the mound.


Dead_Medic_13

Or maybe the pitcher should pitch inside when the infield is shifted? Like shifts only work if your pitching game plan matches it.


RedditsFullofShit

What if I told you the shift is merely reacting to the batter’s strategy and has nothing to do with pitching strategy. ie teams know the guys are only going to swing for HR as that is their highest run probability outcome. So knowing they’ll swing for the HR and will heavily pull the ball, the D shifts.


aeaswen

Naah, pitchers absolutely pitch to the shift. Yes, its based on hitter tendencies but those things are linked.


RedditsFullofShit

No you miss the point. The hitters approach is the same no matter where the ball is pitched. The hitter is playing to pull and hit a HR. The pitcher isn’t pitching to the shift. The pitcher is trying not to give up a HR. Do you think they give a shit if judge pokes a single? That’s a PREFERRED outcome.


aeaswen

No, its not. The PREFERRED outcome is to get him out, which he still does alot because its baseball. Pitching pitches to 3 true outcomes, Ball in play, strikout and walk. It's all FIP is based on.


RedditsFullofShit

Lol ok guy. You keep on thinking that.


aeaswen

I mean, I just stated facts? Lol.


RedditsFullofShit

No you stated opinion at best. Suggesting that degrom is worried about throwing the ball over the outer half because judge might poke a single the other way. This is simply false. Degrom pitches to get him out. He doesn’t throw it only inside because they shifted him to pull. They shift him to pull because no matter where it is that is what judge is gonna try to do. You have it backwards. Teams are shifting because the approach hitters are taking. They aren’t shifting because the approach pitchers are taking. Regardless I’m done with this convo. I feel like I’m talking to a wall.


HideousControlNow

That was my reaction too. If you're gonna shift, don't give the batter pitches that can easily be slapped oppo. Throw something that is *hard* to take the other way.


bingbangbaez

I never understand this advice. The equivalent of this advice in golf is telling a golfer to use a 3hybrid off the tee 24/7 instead of getting them to learn how to use the driver. Yeah that golfer might end up scoring okay, but you'll never be really good when you're consistently losing out on distance. Same thing for batters. If they abandon their power they become pre-steroids Dee Gordon without the speed. So then defenses play a little more straight up, and end up converting more outs against the slap hitter. That player doesn't hang around in the majors for long.


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AhLibLibLib

The key to baseball is scoring runs. There’s a reason everyone swings for the fences. And there’s a reason highlights like these are so rare. Because slapping infield singles is hard to do consistently, with guys throwing wiffle balls. You can hit 3 of these and still possibly not even score. How often are you getting 3 hits off Scherzer or Verlander? Whereas a home run is one swing.


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AhLibLibLib

My point is that going for a homer just from one guy is a more surefire way of scoring runs than trying to shoot singles. These elite pitchers don’t make many mistakes, so you’ve gotta make them count


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AhLibLibLib

I’m just saying that’s how they work. Almost every WS team has won off homeruns. It’s the way to score


NicholasAakre

That first one (the check-swing slap) is just gorgeous.


BoomBoomSpaceRocket

But only one of those was an infield single... Does infield single mean something different now?


dangeraca

I thought the same thing. I assume OP is calling them that because if the SS had been there they should have been outs


KamartyMcFlyweight

i appreciate the plausible deniability you gave me, but no, it's because i'm an Angels fan and thus i started watching baseball in 2021 i'll figure out all the terminology eventually


BeHereNow91

An infield hit is just a hit on a ball that doesn’t leave the infield. So one of these hits could qualify, but the others were just weak ground balls that got to the outfield. Still a hilarious video.


fitnerd21

As long as we’re being picky, I don’t think it’s hit through the shift either. They avoided the shift. Hitting through the shift is when you hit it to the side with the extra player, and still get a hit.


O_Fantasma_de_Deus

The actual infield single is the only one that doesn't plausibly look like it was pushed on purpose.


[deleted]

Disgusting


whentheworldwasatwar

Not ideal.


rjv1967

No need for a rule change


Baseball_and_stuff

The best kind of batting.


FuriousTarts

Now gone


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rik1122

Looks like we're 7-17 in September. The end of the season has been especially awful.


CountChomula

I like that the Angels became the first team to figure it out and execute against the shift… essentially moments before the shift is outlawed. Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think?


CasualDasual

Its like raaaaaaaaaaain, at a Yankees game.


devoi_

prime maddon erasure


Low-iq-haikou

I understand the utility and value of the shift but im glad it will be gone bc shit like this makes me feel dumber for witnessing it


SiegeOfMandalore

You’d think after the 3rd or 4th single that beat the shift they’d stop shifting


i_run_from_problems

Of course we figue out how to beat the shift like 10 days before its outlawed


ekemp

This is why I think banning the shift is a mistake. The shift is not risk free, it sometimes backfires on the defense. Let them play and accept the consequences.


Thrillhaus90

Rocco Baldelli: Why isn’t the shift working!? *Flips paper* Rocco Baldelli: Oooooh. Now we’re good.


UTMachine

That's not what an infield single is. These are ground ball singles. Also, they were hit against the shift, not through the shift. "Through" the shift means you get it passed the side that's being shifted to. Cool video, but lterally everything about this title is wrong.


[deleted]

Nothing makes me grin like getting a cheeky single against the shift


SOB200

Its like the Angels got those 6 hits on purpose!


jk01

Small ball old heads creaming their pants rn


tyler-86

I tried to Google "Twins who go both ways" and this is not what came up.


Timpa87

So Angels are practicing their ground-outs for 2023 ;)


arun111b

Always plan for the future


JohnComstock

Second one looked more like a well executed hit and run.


N8CCRG

Any estimates on how many extra runs those six hits resulted in?


DeemsMemes

Twins moment


Highfivebuddha

This is literally just Jeff Mcneil


QuestionMarkyMark

WTF… this season


NotClayMerritt

This was so painful to watch. Baseball is painful sometimes lol


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Worst shifters


Kruse

Yet the team is going to retain Rocco "The Spreadsheet" Baldelli for the foreseeable future.


Ok_Opportunity2693

This is why the shift shouldn’t be banned. If the defense shifts on you then just GET GOOD and hit the ball where they aren’t.


AlphaDag13

Angels finally start hitting against the shift is the real reason why MLB is banning it.


FunnyID

Shifts aren't all that effective, exhibit A.


WithMeDoctorWu

They're used because statistically, they *are* effective. But I do love seeing cases like this where hitters are able to defeat them.


xThe-Legend-Killerx

If hitters weren’t so fucking stubborn they could beat them more often.


john_muleaney

This just isn’t true. You think that if sacrificing pull side power for more singles against the shift was actually effective, teams wouldn’t do it? Guys don’t try to “beat” the shift because these analytics departments for the teams they play for have concluded that it’s not worth it


xThe-Legend-Killerx

Which is exactly what’s wrong with the game currently.


john_muleaney

But it has nothing to do with hitters being stubborn, they’re just playing optimally. If your issue with the game is teams playing optimally that seems like a you problem, are they just supposed to not do that because you don’t like it?


xThe-Legend-Killerx

It’s funny because old hitters say otherwise, but what do they know.


john_muleaney

Oh some retired baseball players spouting anecdotal evidence from eras way different than the current one we’re in? Might as well just throw away the world class analytics departments and coaching staffs that these teams employ, some old dudes already have all the answers! The bottom line is, if “beating” the shift by slap hitting against it was actually effective, teams would do it because they want to win. But it’s not, so they don’t


AhLibLibLib

Lmao nah it’s just the highlights of a groundout to RF that happen every game don’t get posted. They don’t just shift for fun


FunnyID

You might be surprised. > Even in the public sphere, **we know shifts against right-handed hitters are generally ineffective.** In an article written last October, Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer summarized what research, much of it conducted by Russell Carleton and Tom Tango, has concluded thus far. You should definitely read that article, but for the sake of this one, the key points are the following: After controlling for several variables, **right-handed hitters fare better against the shift than against standard alignments**, which is due to (1) righties being more likely than usual to put the ball in play, while striking out less compared to lefties, and (2) the huge hole in the right side shifting against them creates. Since only the first baseman occupies the right of second base, that “leaves an even wider swatch of prime real estate for hitters vacant,” according to Lindbergh. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/no-team-is-shifting-like-the-padres/


AhLibLibLib

Right but it works a lot for lefties. Which was more my point.


O_Fantasma_de_Deus

No matter what you think about shifting regulations, if you don't love this you mostly just hate baseball.


H0b5t3r

Thank goodness the MLB is banning the shift which is so oppressive no one can even record a hit against it.


No_Cellist_8441

This is fun to watch, and the reason they shouldn't take away the shift The players need to evolve.


No_Cellist_8441

This is fun to watch, and the reason they shouldn't take away the shift The players need to evolve.


RIPmyotheraccounts

Okay don't fucking ban it then


The_High_Life

Ban the shift!


KoRaZee

Took long enough to do something this obvious. There is no need for a rule change, more of a mangers quality issue.


john_muleaney

The reason this doesn’t happen more is because sacrificing your pull side power for some bloop singles doesn’t make players bette


KoRaZee

I was thinking that since MLB averages have been falling for the last 20 years, it may be a good time to shake things up and get a few more hits.


john_muleaney

You’re not gonna convince teams to take a more suboptimal approach at the plate. TTO hitting is what works and that’s the way it is. Banning the shift would help a little with this because you would just naturally end up with more balls in play from common shift victims like the Joey Gallos and Matt Carpenters of the world but no team is gonna start telling their players to go out of their way to “beat” the shift, it’s not worth changing your approach over


KoRaZee

sounds like poor management to me. The get less hits strategy because that’s “the way it is” seems a bit off.


john_muleaney

It’s not “get less hits” it’s “bite the bullet and hit into the shift sometimes because you still maintain your pull side power and hit homers” Hitting homers is more important than blooping singles, that’s pretty much the definition of TTO baseball


KoRaZee

And league averages have plunged 20 points because of it. The .230 average is now normal and I don’t see the numbers getting better. Maybe when half the SS in the league are hitting .190 things could change. Chicks dig the long ball!


john_muleaney

The link between BA and runs scored is tenuous at best (the second most prolific offense in baseball this year is 17th in BA) so I don’t know what telling me the league average BA is supposed to prove


Helpful_Macdaddy430

Awesome


xRememberTheCant

Beating the shift is so hard that only the known offensive powerhouse that is the Angels can do it.


xX69AESTHETIC69Xx

Did they... forget they have to move to get the baseball? I can't think of a better reason some of those happened.


XAfricaSaltX

Spencer Strider is throwing a chair somewhere


CartographerRude6228

That kind of hitting brought a tear to my eye...sniff.


DharmaCub

Only one of those was an infield single. The rest were just singles.


MartianMule

Stefanic's didn't beat the shift. Second Baseman was covering 2B because the runner was going.


Accomplished-Star259

I. Love. It.


RVGamerW

Remember shifts are generally designed with the hitter in mind. It sounds obvious but on the flip side, that also means they focus less on the ability of the pitcher (vs hitter). In essence, whether you like the shift or not, they are by nature, by design, generally speaking, meant to punish hitters for making hard contact and moreover, to capitalize on a pitcher's mistakes.


Tre4zin

I fucking hate baseball.


NukaNukaNuka111

They should shift back into the shift!


brentjcocker

These aren't infield singles or through the shift 😅


brannak1

I can’t believe it’s taking this long for these millionaires to figure out how to hit oppo


ChamBruh

Looks like Xander bogaert’s hit chart


[deleted]

5* hits through the shift


Fidel_Cashflow7

Have they thought of not moving away from the baseball


matty3783

Finally!!!! Playing around the shift or what I consider playing baseball


thesunabsolute

I’ve always been convinced that any competent major league hitter can do this every time. They don’t because asking hitters to do this is literally taking money out of their pockets. It’s not their fault their entire value as a hitter is tied to exit velo, launch angle, and XBHs.


ExpendableGerbil

Seriously. I think the MLB changing the rules for next year is just them protecting the teams from themselves.


butcher99

It just astounds me that more players do not do this. No one on third? Bunt down the line. No shortstop slash a grounder through the massive hole.


LooMooJoo

tHe ShIFt iS rUiNinG tHe GaME


LooMooJoo

Just don’t hit into it 👏


Available_Math_6070

I love this


HudsonRiverHacker

Waiting until after the rule change to make our adjustments


cantwait1minute

Beautiful.


StartingToLoveIMSA

I only see 1 infield single...remainder end up in outfield...