How Caution is Costing Teams on the Basepaths

Baserunning: Where 100% success is a failure

If your phone is on 1%, or if you’re just eager to get to the point, here’s the punchline: MLB teams are not particularly adept at deciding when to wave runners around at third base and are leaving runs on the table by being far too conservative in determining when they send guys.

Now, let’s back up. First off, since we’re new here, a short introduction …