The 2023 season was the Year of the Steal in MLB. With any luck, 2024 will bring even more stolen base fireworks around the league. Plenty of players have already taken advantage of the new rules encouraging st
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Among the several MLB rule changes this offseason were the pitch timer, a limit on pickoff attempts and the bases becoming slightly larger (and therefore, slightly closer to one another). An expected by-product of these rules was that stolen base attempt
Violations are automatic ball against the pitcher or strike for the batter. Also, pitchers are allowed one disengagement per at bat and are allowed to throw over to base twice. This has caused more base stealing because it’s harder for the pitcher to watch the runner. It seems that veteran...
It is an unwritten rule: At some point, usually when the other team's first baseman is no longer holding a runner on base, it's time to stop stealing bases. "You get a feel for how things are going in a game," Reynolds says. "You know what's going on in the heads of the oth...
The length of games might shrink, but the bases themselves have increased in size from 15 inches to 18 inches in width, serving two purposes: creating more base stealing opportunities, while helping prevent injuries caused by collisions between baserunners and fielders. "Everyone says it looks li...
Canha:It's changed. I still like the pitch clock. The fact that the games aren't as long. I think the bases being close together and how the pitch clock's affected the base stealing is a little crazy. If anything, the one thing that we really need to keep our eyes on is the ope...
On the other hand, their early performances have more or less dovetailed with preseason expectations. Detroit has struggled in every category, including offense, starting pitching, relief pitching. Even baserunning, where the Tigers have failed to catch the base-stealing wave washing o...
AJ Hinch, Alex Cora and Carlos Beltrán lost their jobs in the wake of the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scam, leaving three teams without managers three weeks before the start of spring training. On and off the field, the fallout from one of the biggest scandals in Major League Bas...
MLB catchers wary of looming robo umps amid rules changes 1 of 7 | Major League Baseball will institute rule changes in 2023 designed to speed up the game,, including pitch clocks and bigger bases to encourage more stealing and make things safer for the players. (Feb 23) (AP v...