On-Field Batting Practice Is Dead. Here’s How All-Star Sluggers Prepare to Hit.

I spoke with 10 All-Star hitters at the Midsummer Classic about how they take batting practice, and a clear trend emerged.
The New York Times

Banning the infield shift didn’t bring back the base hit. Does anyone care?

Baseball made a rule change to encourage base hits. But other factors have conspired to keep them out of the game. Norm Hall / Getty Images Three years ago, baseball needed fixing. The sport had grown ...
Major League Baseball

Expected Batting Average (xBA)

Expected Batting Average (xBA) is a Statcast metric that measures the likelihood that a batted ball will become a hit.