CINCINNATI -- Paul Goldschmidt has been one of the better basestealing first basemen in baseball the last couple of years, but he has not used that particular skill as much this season. Goldschmidt has stolen at least 15 bases in five of his six full seasons in the Major Leagues, but he has only stolen four on seven attempts in 114 games so far this year. D-backs manager Torey Lovullo says a lot of that responsibility falls on him.
"I have probably taken that out of his hands a little bit," Lovullo said. "We are trying to preserve him a little.