Shifts-up 30 pct this year! (That's 8,000 more shifts!)
Balls in play-11,000 fewer than in 2008!
Relievers-over 16,000 this year for the first time ever!
In April, I looked at the numbers that defined baseball in 2018. Time to look again 6 months later!https://t.co/jLy3qQWyIc

— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) October 2, 2018