Major League Baseball is introducing bigger bases this season as part of a flurry of changes designed to put more action and athleticism back in the game.
The new bases — "They look like a pizza box," Red Sox manager Alex Cora cracked — cut down the distance between the bases by 4 1/2 inches. The distance between third and home and home and first was trimmed by 3 inches.Instead of waiting around for a three-run homer, big league teams could try a more aggressive approach on the basepaths.
In testing in the minors, two Triple-A leagues used the bigger bases for half of the 2021 season. One experienced a 2.2% increase in successful steals, and the other posted 0.7% increase. Of course, it also gives the majors' top defensive first basemen an even better chance of keeping runners off base altogether.
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