"Stealing pledge"

What is the direction that LG's "defending champion" manager Yeom Kyung-yeop revealed during the new season? He wanted to increase the efficiency of "running baseball."

LG was in the spotlight for its "running baseball" last year. It was ranked first by far with 166 stolen bases. The number far exceeded the team's average of 104. However, its success rate fell to the bottom at 62.2 percent. The gap was also wide with the overall average of 72.4 percent. The result was 101 times when LG was caught in front of the base.

It is widely believed that in order for a stolen base to be a practical choice, the success rate must be at least 70 percent higher. This was also the reason why Yeom raised the success rate as a hot topic by talking about changes in "running baseball" in 2024. At the media briefing before and after the opening of the season, he also expressed his intention to move the runner on top of the ground with a success rate of 70 percent as the Maginot Line.

Where is the declaration going now, which used to be a kind of "promise".

For now, the figure is as high as Yeom calculated. As of Tuesday, LG has 27 stolen bases in its team, ranking first in this year as well. In addition, the expected success rate of 77.1 percent is in harmony with the probability.

It appears to be the result of the team's restrained "running baseball." Green light was given only to Park Hae-min and Shin Min-jae, the team's "big two" in stealing, and the team increased intervention areas from the bench. For example, the season has ended with an active sign that says "don't run" at a time when the probability declines.

While Choi Seung-min, a "specialist" base runner, has joined the entry of the first team, the number of fast-paced players has not suddenly increased. Still, it is impossible to make drastic changes in each player's "stealing sense" for just one season. In this passage, Yeom introduced a way to capture each of the "timing" that has a high success rate, but so far in the early days of the season, there are scenes that are close to the original draft drawn by the bench.

LG players also stole seven bases in three consecutive games against KT over the weekend, and five of them played at breakthrough times. They captured the timing when there was even a little higher chance of stealing. On top of that, the opposing pitcher's slide steps seem to be more closely influencing the judgment. 안전놀이터

Park Hae-min is leading the team to steal bases in a new season after starting his comeback as the "stealing king." Park has attempted to steal bases 13 times, leaving him with 12 successful attempts. In terms of success rate, he is running at a rapid pace of 92.3 percent.

As the base size has increased from 15 inches to 18 inches, the overall steal success rate is on the rise. The overall steal success rate in the league this season is 74 percent, slightly higher than last year's figure of 72.4 percent.

If the number of stolen bases and the success rate rise together, LG's "running baseball" is expected to pose a real threat to the opponent. The team with the most stolen bases after LG is KIA and NC, which have 17 stolen bases, and the team with the highest steal success rate is Kiwoom, which has 100 percent success rate with only seven attempts.