Rangers outfielder Bubba Thompson has reason to celebrate the rules Major League Baseball will implement next season. Many of the impending changes announced...
are designed to encourage the exact type of basepath boldness that Thompson embodies and reward the speed that stands as his greatest skill.
Thompson spent most of this season in the minor leagues, where versions of these rules were in place. He said he didn’t find that the pickoff limit or base size influenced his decisions. That’s a challenge the Rangers embrace more often than most teams. Texas entered the weekend leading Major League Baseball in stolen bases and base-stealing attempts , and Thompson and leadoff man Marcus Semien both stole second Saturday against the Blue Jays over the game’s first three innings.“The fact of the matter is that that is next year,” Beasley said. “Whatever adjustments, training-wise, whatever we have to adjust to, the offseason [and] spring training are going to take care of that.
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