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 ...

The SF Giants are reportedly closing in on hiring of Ron Washington to new manager Tony Vitello’s staff as the team's infield coach and the general consensus is that it’s one of the Giants’ best ...

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. The Giants haven’t confirmed his hiring, but Giants general manager Zach Minasian told KNBR radio on Thursday that ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...