Sabermetrically speaking, a stolen base is worth about 0.2 runs. Today, Cal Raleigh stole his fifth base of the season, not having been caught once. So from a value-creation perspective, Cal’s added a run to the Mariners’ ledger with his legs. In the results-based actual game played among real human boys on the field, it was much the same. When Cal took off for second base in the second inning, he managed to squeak in there safely despite his catcher’s gait. (As an aside, one of my proposed rule changes is that if you steal a base at no more than 28 feet per second, you should be awarded the next base as well.
Cal Raleigh plays to the booth, leads the Mariners to a 2-0 shutout in San Diego
