Being aggressive in certain situations can be beneficial in baseball, but sometimes plays can be too aggressive. The Boston Red Sox are finding that out the hard way.
The Red Sox will jump at any opportunity to take an extra base. The team is second in the majors in Bases Taken, which tracks the number of times a player advances a base on a fly ball, passed ball, wild pitch, balk or defensive indifference.
They also take an extra base – advancing more than one base on a single or more than two on a double – on 44 percent of the available opportunities.