In early June, I wrote about how the Yankees should try to steal more bases. They were badly struggling to score runs, and they had the fewest SB attempts in MLB at the time. Given that they had a good handful players with better than average running speed and with solid track records, the better question was “Why not attempt more steals?”
For all the countless times I’ve yelled at the Yankee organization in my life, this may have been the first time they listened to me. Not only did the Yankees attempt to swipe more bases from June on, but they were pretty good at it, going 43-for-51 (84 percent) on attempts over the next three months.