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Joe Maddon, Spray Charts, and Defensive Shifts: Part I
Part 1 of a season long series to discover the effects of the shift, particularly in Tampa Bay where its most ardent supporter manages. Joe Maddon has employed many different varieties of shifts this...
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Defensive Shifts Part II: New York at Kansas City
For Part 1 click here. One trend I noticed and paid special attention to over the weekend was the use of defensive shifts by the Royals and Yankees. Both teams used a variety of shifts, mostly on...
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Defensive Shifts Part III: The Blue Jays Use of Brett Lawrie
Toronto manager John Farrell is now in his 2nd season at the helm of a big league team, and has proven to be a very adept and talented manager, particularly when it comes to the deployment of his...
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The Albert Pujols Deal So Far
Albert Pujols is playing in his 82nd game as an Angel tonight against the Baltimore Orioles, and its safe to say the first half of the 1st year of the rest of his career has been a bumpy one. Pujols...
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Defensive Shifts Part IV: Righties You Can Shift On
Every season there are some players with some alarmingly large pull tendencies. These hitters, due to the fact that they show a dominant pattern of hitting the ball in one direction, should be shifted....
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Jose Bautista and the Blue Jays Need Better Balance at the Plate
There are very few teams in baseball that possess the type of home run power that can be found north of the border in Toronto. They Jays have already gone deep 31 times in just 25 games, trailing only...
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