Oct 22, 2021
9:55:55am
9:55:55am
But at the end of the day, after all the analytics and matchup strategy that goes into the game oh, I don't see a good
Analytical reason why a manager would not at least invest the effort to see if he's got two or three guys that can fund consistently enough to beat a shift and do it.
They employee defensive shifts to drop a potential for getting on base by .050-.075. but if you bunt successfully against the shift, a .300 hitter becomes a 1.000 hitter. Similarly, managers will go to the bullpen and burn a pitcher simply based on a lefty-lefty or righty-righty matchup that tilts the odds in their favor maybe .100 on the batter BA. They make big adjustments for small incremental improvements of odds. This just seems like a massively overlooked opportunity for a huge adjustment to effectively negate one of the big strategies defenses try to employ.
They employee defensive shifts to drop a potential for getting on base by .050-.075. but if you bunt successfully against the shift, a .300 hitter becomes a 1.000 hitter. Similarly, managers will go to the bullpen and burn a pitcher simply based on a lefty-lefty or righty-righty matchup that tilts the odds in their favor maybe .100 on the batter BA. They make big adjustments for small incremental improvements of odds. This just seems like a massively overlooked opportunity for a huge adjustment to effectively negate one of the big strategies defenses try to employ.
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Question for baseball guys about the shift. I've had the thought for a year too, so I'm sure a reason this isn't being
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The shift does nothing to prevent a guy from jacking it over the fence. All it's preventing is a single.
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