Stolen Bases and Spring Training
Posted on March 9th, 2008 by dchase
In a thread at Fantasy Baseball Cafe, there’s an on going discussion about the relevance of spring training statistics.
Given the lack of competition–due to expanded rosters–I don’t believe spring training reveals much of anything. I do acknowledge that many have their own theories. And this one (by Dark Knight) makes sense to me:
“I always look at spring training SB numbers, to see which managers are going to turn their runners loose.
So far here are some SB sleepers running this spring:
Lastings Milledge has 4 SB this spring with 1 CS
Michael Bourn has 4 SB this spring with 2 CSSo far Velez has 6 SB this spring with 0 CS. He also has 8 Runs. If Omar Vizquel stays injured, then E.Velez can be a SB monster.
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