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Orioles have the chance to be a much faster team this season

The Orioles had 81 steals as a a team last year, placing them 7th out of 15 American League teams and 12th out of all 30 MLB clubs. Better than I assumed. But take away Jonathan Villar’s 21 steals (in 54 games) and O’s would only have 60.

Other prominent contributors to that stolen base total last year were Jace Peterson with 13, Craig Gentry with 12, Manny Machado with eight, Adam Jones with seven and Joey Rickard with four. There were also five players with two steals apiece and six players with one.