Major League Baseball commissioner 's ongoing desire to keep changing the sport now has him looking at defensive shifts.
Appearing on The Dan Patrick Show (h/t USA Today's Bob Nightengale), Manfred explained there could be a limit placed on defensive shifts in the future.
"A lot of people feel that the extreme shifting that you're talking about has changed the game in ways that are not positive and it remains a really hot topic in terms of conversation within that committee,” he said.
Per Baseball Savant, no team shifted more during the 2020 regular season than the Los Angeles Dodgers (1,210 times in 2,168 opponent plate appearances).