The Stolen Base is Back

In 2020, nine teams are over an 80 percent success rate on stolen base attempts. Only five teams were over 80 percent in 2019 and if you look at the numbers, they get more inefficient the further you go back. To put his into perspective, in 2017, no one stole bases and there were no…

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Manfred’s World

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred took over in 2015 and has publicly stated that he wants to make the game faster paced and more attractive to the young fan. The path to this objective seemed clear and many felt Manfred was pulling all the right strings to implement necessary change. Due to this, he…

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