Now, teams will be required to keep all their infielders in the infield, with two on each side of second base. Under the new rules, an out made under a defensive alignment that breaks the rules would be flagged, and the hitting team can choose to either accept the outcome of the pl...
“With the change in the shift rules, having someone with range and a strong arm and good instincts is going to be of added benefit in the middle infield. We think Elvis profiles that way,” general manager Rick Hahn said. “Certainly going to be no doubt that he’s going to put the...
Shifting Tactics Major League Teams Are Embracing Metrics and Analytics in Abundance These Days and Infield Realignments Likely Are the Most Frequent and Most Successful ResultsThe first time Jung Ho Kang was asked to move into a defensive shift, setting up on the right...Nesbitt, Stephen J...
a walk to Seiya Suzuki, and an infield single to Cody Bellinger. Yamamoto bounced back by striking out the side. He struck out Christopher Morel on three straight curveballs, got Dansby Swanson looking on a fastball and Michael Busch looking with ...
With his three fastballs all ticking up a notch, Rom retired 14 of his first 17 hitters and didn’t allow a hit until Jorge Mateo’s two-out infield single in the fifth. He struck out seven, easily a career high and more than he accumulated in all but seven of his 21 Minor League...
\ Starting in the mid-seventies, the American League has allowed another player to hit and run for a pitcher. As dumb and offensive to baseball tradition as this rule is, if it was to account for baseball's decline in popularity, then we would see a large difference between the ...
the majors, he was both rookie of the year and MVP. He holds the single-season record for hits with 262. He owns 10 Gold Gloves as an outfielder. And sometime in the next couple of weeks, he will reach a milestone beyond dispute: 3,000 major league hits, a mark only 29 players...