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We can see the impact of these changes in one small table:
SB CS
2022 2486 811
2023 3503 866
Diff +1017 +55
The new rules helped add more than a thousand steals at a 96% success rate. Those aren’t really stolen bases, those are buy-one-get-one-free bases.
SB CS
2022 2486 811
2023 3503 866
Diff +1017 +55
The new rules helped add more than a thousand steals at a 96% success rate. Those aren’t really stolen bases, those are buy-one-get-one-free bases.
