With the enlargement of the bases and recent rule changes limiting the times a pitcher can throw to first base, the stolen base is making a comeback in baseball after metrics took base-stealing out of ...

The word has started to get around the minors. If you’re facing a Marlins farm team, your pitchers better work on their slide steps, and your catchers better be on their “A” games. Otherwise, the ...

When the New York Mets signed Juan Soto to an amazing $765 million deal, the expectation was that Soto would provide elite plate discipline, solid slugging potential, and great all-around hitting ...

Josh Naylor is one of the biggest, slowest players in Major League Baseball. And out of nowhere, he’s become one of the game’s most prolific base stealers. In the past month, Naylor’s swiped 11 bags, ...

During his junior baseball season in 2024, New Milford’s Luis Placido reached base 53 times. He finished that spring with 57 stolen bases. “It was incredible. He would have six-steal games,” Knights ...

As stolen bases continue to rise league wide, I’m here every Wednesday to help you track important stolen base trends so you can find more speed for your fantasy teams. Stealing a base is as much ...

Josh Naylor weighs 235 pounds and runs with a sprint speed of 24.5 feet per second, ranking 532nd out of 546 measured MLB players. He’s built like a beer-league softball cleanup hitter, the kind of ...

As stolen bases continue to rise league wide, I’m here every Wednesday to help you track important stolen base trends so you can find more speed for your fantasy teams. Stealing a base is as much ...

As stolen bases continue to rise league wide, I’m here every Wednesday to help you track important stolen base trends so you can find more speed for your fantasy teams. Stealing a base is as much ...

CINCINNATI (AP) Billy Hamilton doesn't bother to watch video of pitchers' moves to home plate. When he reaches first, one of baseball's top base stealers goes more by observation and instinct. While ...