Like a violin virtuoso using a new music stand, San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado noticed a difference right away.
“It’s definitely different, for sure,” said Machado, a two-time Gold Glove winner. “They look better. I just got to kind of keep playing with it and stepping on it and kind of like getting the feel for it. But it’s definitely different for sure.”
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.It doesn’t sound like much, but the impact could be considerable. Major league teams finished with 2,486 steals in 3,297 attempts last year, up from 2,214 steals and 2,926 attempts in 2021, according to Sportradar, but much lower than 3,229 steals and 4,365 attempts a decade ago in 2012.
“I’ve definitely been thrown out by less than inches … so maybe that starts factoring into results,” said Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner, who swiped a career-best 20 bases in 22 attempts last year. Besides the activity on the basepaths, Major League Baseball is hoping the change will help reduce injuries. While testing the bigger bases in the minors, there was a 13% decline in what the league calls “injury events near the bases” from 2021 to 2022.
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