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Extreme defensive shifts in baseball
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:40 pm
So this year has been the year that defensive shifts have just blown up. You are seeing extreme shifts leaving only one infielder on one side of the diamond. So in situations like this, why don't they just bunt? No way in hell the SS could get to that ball, no matter who's at bat.
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Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:42 pm to barry
A couple of players have experimented with bunting, I think Papi has done it a couple of times. I'd have to imagine the power hitters are arguing they want HRs, not bunts.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:42 pm to barry
Because they aren't paying David Ortiz to hit singles
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:43 pm to barry
I think the general consensus is that you're only really seeing the shift for power hitters that pull constantly, so if that person bunts and beats the shift who cares...they didn't just crush a HR because the bat was essentially taken out of their hands
I could be horribly wrong
I could be horribly wrong
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:43 pm to barry
I've been beating the "bunt to beat the shift" drum since they started this shift crap. It's a no brainier.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:43 pm to barry
quote:Anthony Rizzo does. He did it successfully twice in one game this season.
So in situations like this, why don't they just bunt?
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:45 pm to SaintCajun
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Because they aren't paying David Ortiz to hit singles
If he gets on base at a .500 clip when this happens I bet, they don't complain.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:46 pm to SaintCajun
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Because they aren't paying David Ortiz to hit singles
So maybe they should fine him when he hits a single that goes off the Green Monster.
My point is a single is a single, rather it's a rope, or a dribbler up the 3rd base line to beat the shift.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:46 pm to barry
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If he gets on base at a .500 clip when this happens I bet, they don't complain.
With the way they are pitching to Pedey, there is almost zero pop in that lineup. If they need power, it's coming from him, Xander, or placeholder.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:48 pm to Gtothemoney
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My point is a single is a single, rather it's a rope, or a dribbler up the 3rd base line to beat the shift.
Meh. When you square to bunt, you are giving up on the opportunity to crush a pitch. On a wall ball single, you can argue he could have hit it a little different and HR!
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:48 pm to barry
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If he gets on base at a .500 clip when this happens I bet, they don't complain.
Now it's going to take 2 or 3 more hits in the inning for him to score. His job is to drive the ball in the gaps and hit it out the park.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:50 pm to SaintCajun
quote:Sort of. I'd say his job is getting on base.
Now it's going to take 2 or 3 more hits in the inning for him to score. His job is to drive the ball in the gaps and hit it out the park.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:52 pm to The Sad Banana
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Sort of. I'd say his job is getting on base.
Apparently you haven't seen the 6-9 hitters the Red Sox are trotting out this year
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:56 pm to SaintCajun
Guaranteed to get them to stop shifting.
Looks like a shot to the gap in the box score.
Looks like a shot to the gap in the box score.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:58 pm to Gtothemoney
That's pretty hard to do, but if you could get that kind of distance on a regular basis, it could be a helluva weapon against the shift.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 1:02 pm to Gtothemoney
Well for one that was dumb for them to shift against Cano. Ortiz isn't stretching that into a double
Posted on 5/28/14 at 1:02 pm to Jcorye1
Bunting major league pitching isn't easy. Plus sluggers are typically some of the worst bunters.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 1:05 pm to SaintCajun
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Well for one that was dumb for them to shift against Cano. Ortiz isn't stretching that into a double
The players involved look to be around Bobby V's time.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 1:06 pm to Jcorye1
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The players involved look to be around Bobby V's time.
That's should explain everything then. Hell they might've been drunk
Posted on 5/28/14 at 1:06 pm to barry
Rizzo for the Cubs has taken advantage of the shift a couple times this season.
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