LAS VEGAS -- From within, the conversation is less about evening the playing field and more about overcoming the odds. It isn't about taking things back to the way they used to be; it's about uncovering something new. While most of the baseball community has debated the merits of eliminating the shift -- a possibility brought to light in a recent article by The Athletic -- teams have become proactive about ways to neutralize it.
Creative thinking has become paramount.
"Since I can remember being around advanced process in the major leagues, and player development at the major league level, the advancements on the run-prevention side have dwarfed what's going on in the run-scoring side," Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said.