Baserunning is a touchy subject for baseball fans. You don’t really notice the good plays too much, and the mistakes stick out like a sore thumb. During the New York Yankees’ four-game split with the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees made two outs at home plate and one at third base in three separate games, and surely heard the fans’ wrath.
While the two losses were one-run losses and that extra run could have made a difference, the truth is that the Yankees do not throw away too many runners on the bases. By most metrics, in fact, the Yankees are one of the best running teams in baseball.