Defensive shifts put the hitters in a bind. Logic says that if the shift is on then a LH hitter should just serve the pitch into LF but that is not where the money is. The money is in power and slugging. Guys like Rod Carew, Pete Rose, Tony Gwynn, and Wade Boggs wouldn’t be bothered by the shift but I wonder if those guys would be valued by teams today like they were back in the day. Pete Rose was one of the first players ever to make $1M per season and he was basically a singles and doubles hitter. The game has changed and not for the better. Whitey’s teams in the mid 80’s only had one player who could hit it over the fence regularly (Jack Clark) and they did just fine.