SURPRISE, Ariz.
The other day, Jarrod Dyson tested his strained oblique by running the bases, and it was a pleasure to watch.
I can’t run a lick, so watching a guy who runs so fast he leans into turns like a sailboat changing tack is awe-inspiring.
Afterward, Dyson talked about hitting the inside corner of each base and using that base to push off to the next one — that’s base running at its best.
Baseball ranks skills on a scale of 20 to 80 — 50 is major-league average — and when it comes to speed, Dyson is an 80.