I was a fan of the shift ban simply for the reason that reliance on true outcome metrics had made someone like Adam Dunn more valuable than someone like Tony Gwynn. Huh? Baseball created the monster of metrics when they really didn't need it. I'm looking at the ban like football moving the hashmarks towards the center of the field to open up the passing game. Can't wait to see if the rule changes get the desired effects over the course of the season.But the game was fine for 100 years before enhanced metrics, creating paralysis by analysis.
I was a fan of the shift ban simply for the reason that reliance on true outcome metrics had made someone like Adam Dunn more valuable than someone like Tony Gwynn. Huh? Baseball created the monster of metrics when they really didn't need it. I'm looking at the ban like football moving the hashmarks towards the center of the field to open up the passing game. Can't wait to see if the rule changes get the desired effects over the course of the season.But the game was fine for 100 years before enhanced metrics, creating paralysis by analysis.