The New York Mets finally found a way to turn base stealing into something other teams had to study — and of course, the guy who helped build it is now doing that work for Atlanta.
Antoan Richardson wasn’t just a first base coach in 2025. He was the Mets’ stolen-base infrastructure. Under his watch, New York went a ridiculous 147-for-165 on steal attempts — an MLB-best 89.1 percent success rate that didn’t feel like a hot streak so much as a full-on organizational identity shift.
And maybe the biggest surprise of all: Juan Soto became the face of it.