Rob Manfred's tenure as commissioner of Major League Baseball isn't even 24 hours old and he's already proposing radical changes to the sport.
Manfred, who replaced Bud Selig on Sunday as baseball's new commissioner, says he's considering eliminating defensive shifts in an effort to inject more offense into baseball.
The Tampa Bay Rays are considered among the more aggressive teams at using the unorthodox realignment, sometimes out-shifting their opponent by a 2:1 ratio. In layman's terms, the sabermetric-inspired shift relies on balls in play data to isolate a hitter's weaknesses and force them to adjust out of their comfort zone.
