If you’ve followed the Milwaukee Brewers over the past few seasons, you’ve likely scratched your head often at the club’s perceived poor base running. It seemed as though TOOTBLANs (Thrown Out on the Basepaths Like a Nincompoop) were required when wearing a Brewers’ jersey. Now if you just paused for a second and realized you haven’t had nearly as many fits of rage about this topic in 2017, you’re right!
The first-place Brewers appear to be a top-5 base running club across the board.
Base running, like many items in baseball, can be challenging to truly evaluate.