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Minnesota Twins slugger Joey Gallo was no doubt pleased to see Major League Baseball significantly restrict defensive shifts, but one team has already found a way to exploit a loophole in the new rules to use against him. Gallo wound up facing an …
MLB’s new ban on infield shifts is really letting Juan Soto cook. A seemingly humorous tweet went viral on Thursday stating that the San Diego Padres star Soto is now hitting .800 in spring training this year with the shift outlawed. …
New York Yankees slugger Joey Gallo is one of many hitters across baseball who falls victim to defensive shifts on a regular basis. He is tired of dealing with it — so much so, in fact, that he thinks the league needs to step in. Gallo said he …
Major League Baseball often uses the minor leagues as a testing ground for potential rule changes, and a fairly significant one will be given a trial run in 2021. In a statement released by the league on Thursday, MLB detailed multiple rule changes …
Major League Baseball has introduced a host of rule changes in recent years, but commissioner Rob Manfred suggested a bigger one may be yet to come. Appearing on Friday’s edition of “The Dan Patrick Show,” Manfred said that limiting …
The Tampa Bay Rays are known for being one of the most creative teams in baseball, and some of their creativity was on display during the AL Wild Card Game on Wednesday night in Oakland. When A’s first baseman Matt Olson was batting in the …
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. is one of a number of left-handed batters across baseball to struggle offensively in part thanks to aggressive defensive shifts against him. These shifts leave the third base line unoccupied, leading many …
The Minnesota Twins were quite aggrieved Sunday after a Baltimore Orioles player bunted against the shift trailing by seven in the ninth inning. With one out in the ninth and nobody on in a 7-0 game, Baltimore catcher Chance Sisco laid down a bunt …
The Houston Astros used an unusual shift to defend against Albert Pujols on Thursday night, and it worked. During Pujols’ at-bat in the bottom of the third, the Astros put three players to the left of second base, moving their shortstop and …
Not surprisingly, Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard isn’t fond of defensive shifts. Speaking to Jon Heyman of Today’s Knuckleball, Howard believes the shift takes away up to 50 hits a year for him. “[The shift can] …
Your browser does not support iframes. If teams are going to insist on using defensive shifts against Prince Fielder, he may just have to burn them with bunts. During a spring training game between the Angels and Rangers Tuesday, Prince dropped a …
Check out the shift the Devil Rays tried to use on Pronk over the weekend. Pronk was 11-15 after three games against the Yanks and the first game of the series against the Devil Rays, which led up to this shift they used on Saturday, April 21st: …
