Agent Scott Boras says the defensive shifts now being employed are unfairly targeting left handed hitters, especially lefty power hitters, and MLB should consider instituting rules to level the playing field.
“You want right handed hitters and left handed hitters treated equally,” Boras said by phone. “I think you have to (legislate) having two players on the other side of the (second base) bag.”
Boras called the extreme shifts being used “discriminatory” because they hurt left handed hitters much more than right handed hitters. He estimated there’s a 20-point penalty for lefty hitters, and further suggested it’s not only bad for those hitters but bad for baseball, as well.
https://fancredsports.com/articles/jon-heyman-scott-boras-says-the-severe-shift-isBoras says the shift makes the game, “uncomfortable” and even unfair for left handed power hitters who aren’t trained to hit the opposite way throughout youth baseball and the minors. And he believes there’s a safety concern for players – shortstop and third basemen primarily -- unused to playing new positions, often slightly closer together on the right side.
I don't know Boras... Why don't you tell your Clients to learn to hit the other way?
Whats next, Banning the curveball because its discriminatory?