By 2022, the final season before shifts were restricted by MLB, only 56% of pitches league-wide were under a standard infield alignment. Standard positions are defined based on the zones where, under ...

PITTSBURGH — The Atlanta Braves are playing arguably their best infield defense in years, and it’s been especially important for a team with such an erratic offense. This team can’t afford defensive ...

SF Giants infield guru Ron Washington has helped infielders improve his entire coaching career but hit latest surprise ...

The call, by veteran umpire Sam Holbrook, put the damper on a would-be Atlanta rally in the eighth and triggered a 19-minute delay as irate Braves fans littered the field, throwing water bottles, ...

While the Rangers prepare to introduce Skip Schumaker as their next manager some time in the coming days, all week, we'll glance around the roster at what happened, what solutions might be on hand and ...

Ron Washington is coming back to the Bay Area, this time to the San Francisco Giants. Washington has experience as a manager with the Texas Rangers (2007-14) and the Los Angeles Angels (2024-25). He ...

The Giants' Casey Schmitt, fielding a groundball during spring training at Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona, can handle all four infield positions. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/S.F. Chronicle) Koss came out of ...