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 — it increased them by 0.008. For that we destroyed the most sophisticated defensive positioning evolution in 40 years.

]]>https://spveforpit.com/topic/579/the-shift-ban-ruined-the-one-strategic-element-that-actually-rewarded-preparatioRSS for NodeSun, 26 Apr 2026 14:42:50 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2026 00:39:52 GMT60Teams 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 — it increased them by 0.008. For that we destroyed the most sophisticated defensive positioning evolution in 40 years.

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