Jerry Dipoto and Scott Servais both talked a lot about improving the Mariners baserunning going into 2016. How well have these plans been implemented?
In 2015, as a team, the Mariners were not good at baserunning. They were lousy basestealers, they were not good at taking the extra base, and they had a rocky love affair with the TOOTBLAN. To illustrate these struggles numerically, here's a table showcasing their futility on the basepaths last season.
| 2015 | SB (rank) | SBA | SBA% | SB% | XBT% | TOOTBLANs |
| Mariners | 69 (23rd) | 114 (15th) | 5. |