Nico Hoerner was caught trying to steal second base in the seventh inning of Tuesday’s Cubs loss to the White Sox:
Yasmani Grandal with an absolute dime to nab Nico Hoerner at 2nd. pic.twitter.com/ZK3kZu2RwZ
— Caught Stealing (@MLB_CS) August 16, 2023
As you can see, Nico didn’t get a real good jump on the play. That killed off any chance that the Cubs might have had to score a run in that inning, down by one.
It wasn’t an unreasonable chance to take. The Cubs had stolen two bases off Yasmani Grandal earlier in the game, one by Hoerner, the other by Jeimer Candelario.