This year saw the most drastic set of rule changes to baseball, certainly for fifty years, since the DH was introduced to the American League in 1973, and arguably even longer. The arrival of pitch clocks, and a ban on defensive shifts have had an impact (RIP Manny Machado). But perhaps the most drastic has been the ways to encourage stolen bases. Between the larger bases and limitations on pick-off moves, it was expected that we’d see a sharp uptick in activity on the bags, and that has been the case. At 0.64 per team game, the SB rate is the highest since 2012, and more than 25% up on last year (0.
The Diamondbacks are running wild
