Teams spent years scouting batted ball tendency, building defensive positioning from data, and executing it precisely. That is baseball intelligence applied correctly. The ban didn't increase batting averages much โ it increased them by 0.008. For that we destroyed the most sophisticated defensive positioning evolution in 40 years.
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The shift ban ruined the one strategic element that actually rewarded preparation
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Teams spent years scouting batted ball tendency, building defensive positioning from data, and executing it precisely. That is baseball intelligence applied correctly. The ban didn't increase batting averages much โ it increased them by 0.008. For that we destroyed the most sophisticated defensive positioning evolution in 40 years.
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