Anthony Rizzo shook his head, a slight smile on his face, as he stood next to his locker in the New York Yankees' clubhouse. He'd been asked for his opinion on ... the infield shift.
"Looking at the shift doesn't bother me," he said. "But hitting into it does."
Rizzo, a left-hander who is pulling the ball 52.6% of the time this year, has had the defensive alignment used against him for most of his career. But recently, other teams, including the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers, have taken things a step further by employing four outfielders against the 12-year veteran.