“This is one thing I never thought I'd do in my career,” Freeman said. “First basemen usually aren't the speed demons.”
for a first baseman with 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases, the first since Ian Desmond in 2018 and a feat only 10 other full-time players at the position had ever accomplished.
“This is one thing I never thought I’d do in my career,” Freeman said. “First basemen usually aren’t the speed demons.” Baseball’s new rules this season, including bigger bases and limits on pickoffs and pitcher “disengagements,” have spiked stolen base rates. Entering Monday, the league had already swiped 733 more bases this year than it did all of last season — and there are still more than two weeks remaining.
Freeman has taken advantage, utilizing his skill as one of the better baserunners in the league to make up for his 35th-percentile sprint speed. He has only been caught once in his 21 tries this year, thriving off efficiency. “He has scored runs this year and that speaks to the baserunning and the ability to get on base, steal second base, go first to third, he’s as good as I’ve ever seen,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “The object of the game is to score more runs than the other team. His run production and creation is incredible.”
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