The Baserunning Thread, 2019

[Frobby]

This thread is for noting good or bad baserunning plays.    

To this point, we’ve been a poor baserunning team in 2019.   We’ve been picked off 4 times, most in the league.    We’ve made 12 outs on the bases by trying to advance (excluding steals and pickoffs), 2nd most in the league.    At the same time, our percentage of runners advancing an extra base on a single or double is 36%, 4th worst in the league.    Our stolen bases totals and success rate are fine if you exclude the pickoffs, but outweighed by these other factors. By BB-ref’s reckoning, we’re at -1 run on the basepaths; BP has us at -0.5.   

Last night featured one of the worst baserunning plays I’ve witnessed in a long time.   0-0 game, bases loaded and one out, and Renato Nunez gets picked off 3B.     While the stupidity of getting picked off in that situation was bad enough, it was made worse by the fact that Núñez made no effort to slide or dive into the bag.   The throw was high and if Núñez had gone in low, there’s a good chance he would have been safe.    Awful play by him that pretty much killed our chance to score first and possibly get a solid lead.    

[Dale]

Understandable however because of the faked bases-loaded bunt attempt. 

[webbrick2010]

What do the analytics guys say about a safety squeeze with the bases loaded, one out, and a guy who is not known as an accomplished bunter?

Not getting a feel that Hyde is really tied into the situational probability guys.

[Frobby]

6 minutes ago, webbrick2010 said:

What do the analytics guys say about a safety squeeze with the bases loaded, one out, and a guy who is not known as an accomplished bunter?

Not getting a feel that Hyde is really tied into the situational probability guys.

Who knows if Hyde even ordered it?

[Moose Milligan]

Watched the condensed game on MLB.tv this morning and that Renato Nunez play is one of the more boneheaded baserunning errors I've ever seen.  No doubt about it.

[Legend_Of_Joey]

17 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Who knows if Hyde even ordered it?

Hyde on whether bunt play on with Severino: “No. Sevie has done it a few times. He’s not going to do it anymore. He’s trying to be a team player. He saw Abreu back and wanted to try to score a run for the club, get an RBI, get a 1-0 lead. We talked about it. I want him to do what he did his last at-bat.”

[OFFNY]

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Has Jonathan Villar's baserunning improved at all in this still very young season ???

If I recall correctly, he had gotten some grief over a couple of questionable baserunning decisions/blunders, but he is also 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts (I'm assuming that the one time that he was officially caught stealing was one of the blunders/questionable decisions that he was criticized for.)

Last year he stole 35 bases while being caught only 5 times, good for an 87.5% success rate.

 

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[webbrick2010]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Who knows if Hyde even ordered it?

Apparently he didn't ... which is a good thing

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, webbrick2010 said:

Apparently he didn't ... which is a good thing

I’m glad he’s spoken to Severino and told him to cut it out.  

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

I’m glad he’s spoken to Severino and told him to cut it out.  

[OFFNY]

On 4/23/2019 at 2:41 PM, OFFNY said:

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Has Jonathan Villar's baserunning improved at all in this still very young season ???

If I recall correctly, he had gotten some grief over a couple of questionable baserunning decisions/blunders, but he is also 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts (I'm assuming that the one time that he was officially caught stealing was one of the blunders/questionable decisions that he was criticized for.)

Last year he stole 35 bases while being caught only 5 times, good for an 87.5% success rate.

 

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(MAY 1st)

 

Villar is now 7-for-8 in stolen base attempts in this still very young 2019 season.

 

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[Frobby]

Speaking of baserunning, Richie Martin did an awesome job of legging out that triple in Game 1 tonight.

[OFFNY]

9 minutes ago, Frobby said:

 

Speaking of baserunning, Richie Martin did an awesome job of legging out that triple in Game 1 tonight.

 

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I stated in the game thread that regardless of the priority(s) of the Orioles' front office and manager for this 2019 season, these guys (the Orioles players) want to win as many games as possible ........ Martin wanted that 3rd base BADLY on that play, in order to give the Orioles their best chance to score the go-ahead run that inning. ) 

 

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[Frobby]

Dwight Smith just killed a rally by misreading a Mancini line drive that got over the glove of the 2B.   He didn’t head for 2B quickly enough and was thrown out by the RF by a couple of feet.   

[Natty]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Dwight Smith just killed a rally by misreading a Mancini line drive that got over the glove of the 2B.   He didn’t head for 2B quickly enough and was thrown out by the RF by a couple of feet.   

And it cost Mancini a hit. I wonder if the first base coach was yelling Run!