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Putting a bow on the impact of the shift

I wrote over a year ago about the possible impact of banning the shift (Impact of Banning the Shift) and I revisited it for the 2024 season in May (Revisiting the impact of the shift). Now that the 2024 season has ended, let’s look at all the data. Again, we will look at just pulled baseballs onContinue reading “Putting a bow on the impact of the shift”

Impact of Banning the Shift

For the 2023 season MLB will be banning the infield shift. This ban is supposed to increase action on the field, which in this case more hits is the goal. This post looks into what a potential impact would be and which players will be most affected. Methodology The idea here is very simple, butContinue reading “Impact of Banning the Shift”