By far this season, the Rangers are the only team that has at least 60 stolen bases. The Rangers have played 73 games and stole 62 bases. Marcus Semien, Eli White and Adolis Garcia each have 10+ stolen bases thus far. Meanwhile, the Miami Marlins have stolen 57 bases, leading the NL. Jon Berti has played 45 games for the Marlins and he leads the majors with 22 stolen bases. Berti stole 17 bases in 2019 and this season, he already set his new career-high in stolen bases. At the same time, Jazz Chisholm Jr. is the other Marlins player with 10+ stolen bases. In addition, the St. Louis Cardinals also have 50+ stolen bases. Tommy Edman has 19 stolen bases and Harrison Bader steals 15 bases. Speed truly makes these two players valuable. Moreover, the Dodgers have 50+ stolen bases as well. Trea Turner is the only player with 10+ stolen bases in the Dodgers. Furthermore, the Phillies and the Rays each have 49 stolen bases. All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto currently leads the Phillies with 10 stolen bases. In the Rays, Randy Arozarena has 15 swipes, but he has already been caught 6 times. The Rangers have 60+ stolen bases so far this season, however, are they really good at stealing bases? Do they really make a good decision to run?
The Chicago White Sox have 35 stolen bases so far this season and they were just caught twice. Well, the White Sox players don’t run much, Luis Robert has 11 stolen bases and Tim Anderson has 10 steals. They are the only two White Sox players with 10+ SB. However, the team's 95% stealing percentage is currently the best in the majors. Furthermore, the Dodgers have 52 stolen bases and they were caught 7 times. Trea Turner has 15 stolen bases and he was caught twice. Moreover, the Phillies have an 83% stealing percentage. The Phillies have 49 stolen bases and they were caught 10 times so far this season. In the Phillies, Alec Bohm, Bryce Harper and Matt Vierling were each caught twice. Two-time MVP Bryce Harper has 9 swipes now. However, at this moment, Alec Bohm has only one swipe and Vierling has two steals. Finally, the Marlins’ stealing percentage is 83% as well. They were caught 12 times thus far. In the 2021 season, the Royals led the majors with 124 swipes and there were 5 teams with 100+ stolen bases. And, the Cleveland Indians (now the Guardians) had an 87% stealing percentage, which was the best among 30 MLB teams last year. Additionally, 6 other teams each had an 80% steal percentage or higher. The 2022 regular season will end in early October. Let’s see whether there will be more than 5 teams with 100+ stolen bases at the end of the season. Moreover, the White Sox runners were only caught twice thus far, will they finish the season with a 90% steal percentage or higher?
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