Anthony Rizzo thought he’d spend the rest of his career with the Cubs. But now, he’s happy with the Yankees and settling into a nice second act, writes stephapstein
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Rizzo has heard the same rumors as everyone else in the sport: Major League Baseball might ban the infield shift after this season. Few hitters would benefit as much as Rizzo, a left-handed slugger who takes nearly four-fifths of his at bats with three infielders clustered to the right of second base, gloves out, waiting for his line drives.
Rizzo, 32, does not like the term “bet on myself.” He says this setup simply “made sense.” What he does not say is that if he continues to play the way he has—19 games into the season, he leads the league in home runs, with eight, and sits in fourth in OPS, at 1.098—it might not matter what MLB does to the shift.
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