Early numbers on the shift ban
Left-handed hitters, the hitters most impacted by the shift, have a .246/.328/.421 batting line with a .290 BABIP entering play Wednesday. They had a .229/.323/.362 line with a .274 BABIP the first six days of last season. It's early, but lefties are once again outperforming righties. The opposite was true the last few years
still a relatively small sample size overall and there's more factors involved than JUST the shift, but ... all signs point to progress