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[Jr.]

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Miggy could.

Remember when he pointed out the batter's box was too close a few years back?

I think that's probably more with its relation to the plate rather than the pitcher

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[Majingir]

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This is out of nowhere

Jay Bruce announces his retirement.

[Blzer]

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This is out of nowhere

Jay Bruce announces his retirement.

I'm sure the Yankees probably let him know they were going to DFA him, and he asked to go out on his own terms if possible.

[The Kid 24]

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I'm sure the Yankees probably let him know they were going to DFA him, and he asked to go out on his own terms if possible.

Agreed, the Odor trade was the writing on the wall for Jay.

[Majingir]

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https://twitter.com/dohyoungpark/status/1386004935041437698?s=19

I think I understand

Taylor Rogers & Tyler Rogers are twins

Tyler and Trevor Rogers are twins who aren't Twins or twins

If Tyler & Trevor go to Minnesota, Tyler & Taylor will be Twins who are twins, and then Tyler/Taylor & Trevor will be twins who are Twins who aren't twins?

[Blzer]

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I'm really falling in love with Jazz Chisholm.

https://twitter.com/dohyoungpark/sta...041437698?s=19

I think I understand

Taylor Rogers & Tyler Rogers are twins

Tyler and Trevor Rogers are twins who aren't Twins or twins

If Tyler & Trevor go to Minnesota, Tyler & Taylor will be Twins who are twins, and then Tyler/Taylor & Trevor will be twins who are Twins who aren't twins?

I gotta steal this.

[Jeffrey Smith]

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I was all over hoping the Jays would go after Odorizzi.

Buuuuut maybe I was wrong.


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[Jeffrey Smith]

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Damn I hate Sportsnet. 4 channels showing the same thing but I have to pay extra if I want to watch the Jays.

Cable=robbery.


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[Majingir]

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An idea I was thinking of to reduce the amount of shifts we see in games.

They currently have the 3 batter minimum for relievers, unless the inning is over.


So what if teams need to do the same for defensive shifts? For a minimum number of batters in an inning, they must have fielders on a certain side of a base. Guys can still move left/right and closer/further away from the plate, but no 3B going to RF to lead off an inning and then with 2 strikes he goes back to 3B.

So instead of teams changing up defensive schemes on a batter by batter basis, or a pitch by pitch basis, it needs to be fixed for a certain number of batters.

I mean if a team wants to risk having a shift like this for 2 or 3 batters, go ahead.

https://twitter.com/Cut4/status/1386485205591109636?s=19

[Blzer]

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An idea I was thinking of to reduce the amount of shifts we see in games.

They currently have the 3 batter minimum for relievers, unless the inning is over.


So what if teams need to do the same for defensive shifts? For a minimum number of batters in an inning, they must have fielders on a certain side of a base. Guys can still move left/right and closer/further away from the plate, but no 3B going to RF to lead off an inning and then with 2 strikes he goes back to 3B.

So instead of teams changing up defensive schemes on a batter by batter basis, or a pitch by pitch basis, it needs to be fixed for a certain number of batters.

I mean if a team wants to risk having a shift like this for 2 or 3 batters, go ahead.

https://twitter.com/Cut4/status/1386...591109636?s=19

The pitcher rule itself is already stupid, so I'm going to say no for that myself. I'm not saying your thought is stupid, I'm just saying it's based off stupid.

However, one thing I would say is that maybe positions should be determined relative to one another, so a third baseman shouldn't ever be on the other side of SS unless they're declared as the SS for that batter... but they should have to remain the SS for that batter, if that makes sense.

I'm good with my proposal otherwise, but I would like to be some compromises with shifts for sure.

[canes21]

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I think the easiest and most common sense rule for shifts is to just force the 1B and 2B to play on the 1st base side of 2nd while you force the 3B and SS to play on the 3rd base side of 2nd. No side of the field can ever have 3 IF on that side of 2nd base.

You could also force it to where the 2B and SS must be the two closest players to the 2nd base bage on their side of the diamond so that teams can't move their 3B up the middle and have their SS play the whole 3rd base side alone basically.

The 3B must play closer to the 3rd base bag than the SS at all time.

This still allows for some shifts, but the overloaded shifts are killed off. It leaves enough space around the diamond to allow for guys to get some extra hits they aren't getting now when teams have 3 guys on one side of the diamond.

You could add some buffer zone where it disallows either the 2B or SS from ever playing right up the middle. They must be at least X amount of feet to the side of the 2nd base bag to avoid any controversy of any player technically being across the bag too much.

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[Blzer]

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I think the easiest and most common sense rule for shifts is to just force the 1B and 2B to play on the 1st base side of 2nd while you force the 3B and SS to play on the 3rd base side of 2nd. No side of the field can ever have 3 IF on that side of 2nd base.

That's what that minor league group is doing. I'm not sure I'm for that much restriction, but I just don't like that simply anything goes without keeping something else in check.

You could also force it to where the 2B and SS must be the two closest players to the 2nd base bage on their side of the diamond so that teams can't move their 3B up the middle and have their SS play the whole 3rd base side alone basically.

The 3B must play closer to the 3rd base bag than the SS at all time.

This still allows for some shifts, but the overloaded shifts are killed off. It leaves enough space around the diamond to allow for guys to get some extra hits they aren't getting now when teams have 3 guys on one side of the diamond.

That's doable, so long as they are fully declared which position they are (and I guess that's determined... somehow, not quite sure how though).

You could add some buffer zone where it disallows either the 2B or SS from ever playing right up the middle. They must be at least X amount of feet to the side of the 2nd base bag to avoid any controversy of any player technically being across the bag too much.

This can't be done because of pickoffs at 2B. Besides, this would force the umpires to either use their discretion without a tape measure, or just ignore it completely.

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This shift discussion makes me wonder if a guy like Ozzie Smith’s value would have been diminished if he played in a shift crazy era. You don’t really need that type of range when your infielders are all bunched together where a computer tells you the ball is going

[canes21]

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That's what that minor league group is doing. I'm not sure I'm for that much restriction, but I just don't like that simply anything goes without keeping something else in check.







That's doable, so long as they are fully declared which position they are (and I guess that's determined... somehow, not quite sure how though).







This can't be done because of pickoffs at 2B. Besides, this would force the umpires to either use their discretion without a tape measure, or just ignore it completely.

Good point point about pickoffs, though you could just have that be the exception made in the rule.

I was spitballing with that part. I'm fully on board the 2 players on each side of the bag at all times rule, though. You can simply require each manager to designate who is playing each position once the lineups are submitted. Andrelton Simmons bats 7th and is declared the SS. For the entire time he is in the game he is required be on the 3rd base side of 2nd and be the closest player to 2nd on that side of the infield.

Of course, whenever a substitution is executed the manager then declares positions once again and those are set in stone until the next substitution occurs.

I feel like that's the easiest solution moving forward. Like I said previously, it allows some shifting still, but eliminates the ridiculous overshifts with 3 players on one side of the bag. It's much easier to get a hit as a pull hitter when there's only 2 infielders on that side of the field and not 3.

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NY announced they’re allowing outdoor events to go from 20% to 33% capacity, however due to another state rule that pods of seats have to be six feet apart from other pods, the highest Citi Field can go is 22%. Hopefully the Yankees have a better setup and can increase capacity