Grade our base running so far this year:

[GhostOfJackie]

I'll give us a C-

One of you stat gurus can look it up, but it seems like we have gotten ourselves into more trouble this year than we have in past years. I know Cohen likes aggressive base runners but we have been overly aggressive this year. Almost to the point of being careless and it's going to bite us in the *** in SEC play. It seems like we have gotten into more run downs, pick off's, careless advance plays, etc than we have in the past.

Marrero got picked off at 3rd last night. Our catcher doesn't need to be taking leads like that on third.

 

[The Peeper]

Not sure there's been more this year. Its been a problem discussed here for several seasons. And what's up w/ Marrero and passed balls? That's at least 3 runs he's given up in a week plus the potential one he gave up getting p/o last night

 

[BiscuitEater]

I'll give us a C-

I'll go with a B-. Marrero is a freshman and hopefully won't make that mistake a gain. Robson is a JR and has been picked off a couple of times BUT he is 10 for 10 in stolen bases.

The Good .. as a team, we are 22 of 25 in SBs. The bad .. sometime too aggressive & getting picked off or thrown out stretching a hit to go for two or double and going for 3.

 

[maroonmania]

I'll give us a C-

One of you stat gurus can look it up, but it seems like we have gotten ourselves into more trouble this year than we have in past years. I know Cohen likes aggressive base runners but we have been overly aggressive this year. Almost to the point of being careless and it's going to bite us in the *** in SEC play. It seems like we have gotten into more run downs, pick off's, careless advance plays, etc than we have in the past.

Marrero got picked off at 3rd last night. Our catcher doesn't need to be taking leads like that on third.

I'd probably give it a D+ maybe. I mean how do you get your catcher picked off at 3rd with 2 outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd and one of your best hitters at the plate? I mean what is the purpose on getting off 3rd base that far? Were we planning to steal home? I mean we have for a while now under Cohen typically given away 1 to 2 outs (of our 27 total) from STUPID baserunning. Not aggressive baserunning, stupid baserunning. I mean when you carelessly wander off a bag when you aren't even trying to steal that is stupid. When you try to take an extra base and get thrown out by 15 feet that is stupid. And those type things are common occurrences.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

C- Our baserunning has been suspect for a while.

Coaches on 1st and 3rd for making bad calls.

 

[philduckworth]

Not sure there's been more this year. Its been a problem discussed here for several seasons. And what's up w/ Marrero and passed balls? That's at least 3 runs he's given up in a week plus the potential one he gave up getting p/o last night

Are we sure Marrero is better than Stovall at Catcher? Stovall looks like he has a better stick and has made some excellent blocks this year.

 

[philduckworth]

As for base running, it's unbelievable. We make at least 1 horrible mistake every game. We give away about 5 outs over a 3 game series. Other than our bullpen, it's our biggest issue and should be so easy to clean up.

 

[Ace-Leroy]

bad base running...

This topic has been my biggest complaint of the Cohen era. We have been very bad at this. Running into outs, making the first or third out at third base, making the first out at home , getting picked off third with 2 outs.......most think you have to be aggressive all the time or conservative all the time....Truth is , there is a time to take a risk and a time to play it safe. It is situational and we don't seem to get that. It is all about risk and reward.