Brian Dozier is currently on pace to steal 60+ bases in 2017. (Wait…what?) Your eyes are not deceiving you. The 29-year-old Dozier has obviously made it a point to be a menace on the base paths this season.
Coming into Friday night’s game, Dozier has five stolen bases in his first 13 games. (Oh yeah, he hasn’t been caught stealing either.) He’s moving early and often, with three of his five steals coming in the first two innings of a game.
All five of Dozier’s thefts have been of him taking second base. He has been driven in to score a run on two of the five and the Twins have been victorious in three of the four games in which he’s stolen a bag.