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VIDEO SIGN OUTled the National League in stolen bases last season, and Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez wants him to run even more.
Turner was successful on 43 of 52 attempts last year. He had a career-high 46 steals in 2017. Martinez wants the speedy shortstop to attempt close to 100 this year."He's kind of challenged me with going more," said Turner, who is admittedly hesitant to make outs on the basepaths."I haven't ran too much in spring training try to save them for the season, but when the season comes around try to push it a little bit.
"This year as a team we have a chance to steal a lot of bases and run the bases really well, put a lot of pressure on teams," Turner said."I think we should take advantage of it." If Turner is going to steal as often as Martinez would like he would prefer to be in the leadoff spot so he isn't disrupting the at-bats of run producers
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