PHOENIX — Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell needed to add some pop to his lineup a couple years ago, so he put a few more big bodies in his four-man infield, sacrificing defensive range for offensive ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When Yankees switch-hitter Aaron Hicks batted from the left side last season, he was almost always greeted by an infield shift — a wall of defenders camped in shallow right ...

St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny (22) leaves the field after switching pitchers in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Friday, May 4, 2012, in Houston. The Astros ...

We don’t really know yet what effect Major League Baseball’s ban on the infield shift will have on hitters next season, but teams are taking the change into consideration as they make roster decisions ...

This season the San Francisco Giants deployed the extreme infield shift quite often. Per Baseball Info Solutions, the Giants were shifted on 361 balls in play during the regular season, which a) was ...