Defensive shifts are baseball’s hottest topic right now, and they continue to divide the old school and the new school in how they should play out, and even whether they should still exist. It’s a practice that has been around since about the 1920s, but differs today in that it's become statistics-driven.

In today’s episode, we’ll take a look at how shifts started, how they’ve evolved and whether any changes should be made to the rules, approached to hitting, or both?

Baseball fans can all agree that something needs to change regarding shifts. Borrowing from the old school side of his upbringing and playing style, Josh admits to leaning on the analytics being punted by new school thinking.

You definitely don’t want to miss this one!

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