Average against the shift.

[TheWarmWind]

Quote: Originally Posted by reyes the roof

My average would drop if they would play the outfield straight up while shifting the infield

Yeah no doubt. I always have slightly unrealistic batting averages and it's entirely because of the CPUs "nothing but extreme shifting" policy.

Should I start switching sides every at bat and playing the shift for them? I've considered it before but it sounds tedious.

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[Gagnon39]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheWarmWind

Yeah no doubt. I always have slightly unrealistic batting averages and it's entirely because of the CPUs "nothing but extreme shifting" policy. Should I start switching sides every at bat and playing the shift for them? I've considered it before but it sounds tedious. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Operation Sports mobile app

I don’t have any data to back this up, but I think it almost works itself out. For every hit I get because of the shift there has been an equal number of times I’ve absolutely drilled a ball right up the middle (especially with Bryant) for an out to the shortstop playing over the bag.


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[TheWarmWind]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

I don’t have any data to back this up, but I think it almost works itself out. For every hit I get because of the shift there has been an equal number of times I’ve absolutely drilled a ball right up the middle (especially with Bryant) for an out to the shortstop playing over the bag. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

It's not the extreme shifts that would get me, it's the slight shifts. For example: Mike Trout hits a lot of hard grounders between the SS and 3B. He hits all over the field, but hitting right down the 1B line is incredibly rare. If the played him shifted slightly to the left, his average would drop 50 points.

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