The Mets’ roster does not look like one that will be capitalizing on what almost certainly will be a rise in steal attempts and successes.
PORT ST. LUCIE — Stolen bases are going up this year. You can instigate a pretty good argument between informed baseball folks about just how much.
That, of course, includes his always-in-overdrive-baseball brain. Showalter, for example, explained if a pitcher throws over twice there will be a tendency for runners to be more daring because a third disengagement without picking off the runner results in a balk and all runners advancing a base.
Locastro could be used as a late-game runner. He is 39-for-44 in steals in his MLB career and was 7-for-8 for the Triple-A Yankees under the new rules last year. Showalter feels that the new rules can open the running game for smart base runners with a little better than average speed who can pick their spots; he cited Mark Canha and Jeff McNeil. Of course, that will be true for opponents, too. The Mets were minus-24 last year between how many bases they stole and how many they surrendered. That is like hidden yardage in the NFL and that could widen in 2023.
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