Should we steal more often?

[PurpleBrave]

With the amount of double plays we ground into, we'd have to be successful like 20% of the time for it to pay off

 

[Pugfan]

With the amount of double plays we ground into, we'd have to be successful like 20% of the time for it to pay off

Next year we will steal very often. Acuana, Albies and Swanson. Don't care about 2017 anymore

 

[CrimeDog247]

Inciarte and Phillips are the only threats to steal, I miss having guys like Furcal and Bourn. Inciarte needs to work on that part of his game for next year.

 

[Slippyjms]

Even guys like Furcal and Bourn didn't steal that much when they were here. Unfortunately stealing bases is just not part of The Braves Way

 

[Russ2dollas]

Depends on how much u get caught. They've done studies and getting caught stealing is much worse than the benefit of stealing. Have to be like 66% plus iirc maybe more

 

[Carp]

Not sure the numbers on hit and run frequency, but I'd focus more on that.

 

[Julio3000]

Depends on what we're talking about stealing.

 

[smootness]

Depends on how much u get caught. They've done studies and getting caught stealing is much worse than the benefit of stealing. Have to be like 66% plus iirc maybe more

It's more like 80% for it to really be worth it and add real value. Very tough to do. Refusing to steal is not a 'Braves Way' thing, it's actually very much a new age, Sabermetric thing.

 

[thewupk]

It's more like 80% for it to really be worth it and add real value. Very tough to do. Refusing to steal is not a 'Braves Way' thing, it's actually very much a new age, Sabermetric thing.

Agreed. 70-75% is just the break even point for stealing 2B. I think more than just having base stealers we should do our best to have good base runners. Being able to go 1st to 3rd on a regular basis is much more beneficial.