Defensive Positioning

One of the team's challenges during the scrimmage against Lemont was getting into good defensive positioning. Unless we call for a special defensive alignment (e.g., infield in, playing a hitter to pull), players should align in a "straight away" position. Straight away positioning looks something like this:

Note that the centerfielder is positioned nearly on a straight line from the plate through second base. The leftfielder is positioned on a line between the third baseman and the shortstop, while the rightfielder is similarly positioned between the first baseman and the second baseman.

The third baseman is off the line a few paces and somewhat behind the bag, while the shortstop is deeper than the third baseman and closer to second base than third base. Similarly, the first baseman is a few paces off the line and behind the base, while the second baseman is deeper than the first baseman and closer to second base than first base.