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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Advanced statistical analysis has shown that it isnt worth losing an out for a base. You also dont see much sacrificing outside of the pitcher anymore either. Especially in the roids era where so many players had plus power.
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The thing is it has been shown that you need at least a 67-70% success rate to break even on the number of runs you will score. Now this is understandable for 95%+ of the guys out there but there are guys like Ellsbury (85.1% career), Ichiro (81.6%), Beltran (88.3%), Crawford (82.8%), Kinsler (89.1%), and Bartlett (83.2%) that could clearly run far more and help their team. Now I can understand why Beltran might not run more now that he's in NY but he clearly should have run more in KC and these other guys don't have the excuses of being a high paid heart of the lineup player. They should all be running more.