Reply to "Old School Baseball “Too Old to Fight that Fight”"

Smitty2810,000+ posts

@K9 posted:
MLB should limit the shift and somehow limit either pitching changes or roster moves so that hitters are sometimes batting against pitchers who are not at their best. Then we'll see more balls in play, fewer Ks and more action.

Or hitters could go the other way against the shift. What would Rod Carew, Tony Gwynn, Pete Rose etc do today vs the shift? My guess is they would be feasting on it and hitting .400 every year.

Edited to add:

But would the front office now tell hitters like Carew and Gwynn that they will be replaced by 30 HR per year hitters because they are more statistically valuable? I think this is the issue Price may have with the trend towards analytics.

6/15/211:00 PM

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