Davey Martinez’s club is middle of the pack when it comes to shifting against right-handed hitters, realigning defenders 15.7% of the time over the first month-plus of the 2022 season, as compared to the Toronto Blue Jays, who’ve done so 66.4% of the time, the most in the majors, or the Kansas City Royals, who’ve shifted their defense against RHBs s big league low 3.9% of the time as of Tuesday morning.
Baseball Savant defines a shift, “as when three or more infielders are on the same side of second base,” just for clarity’s sake.