After watching Joey Votto get thrown out at home plate last Thursday, it raised the question of Votto’s potential value if he were a better base runner. It’s greedy to want all things from Joey Votto, because he’s a great player as is, but a closer look at his base running value proved interesting.
The overall impact of base running on a player’s value is not completely defined. Different sources will use different factors and weight certain aspects more or less than others. FanGraphs, incorporates three specific values to create a Base Running Runs (BsR) value for each player.