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A Look At The Pittsburgh Pirates Base Running

Last Friday against the Philadelphia Phillies, third base coach Joey Cora sent Colin Moran on a single to right. He was thrown out without ever reaching the plate and was tagged out before reaching the right-handed batters box.

Without calculating the break-even, that one seemed like a bad send (Harrison is a projected .269 hitter and a single scores Moran from third). Considering how far Colin Moran was out by, the send seemingly was well below the break-even point.

The Pirates have had three third base coaches under Clint Hurdle: Nick Leyva (2011-13), Rick Sofield (2014-16), and Joey Cora (2017-present).