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Fantasy Baseball Steals Report: Mets Run Wild on Rockies, Rays Stay Aggressive
As stolen bases continue to rise league wide, I will be here every Wednesday to help you track important stolen base trends so you can find more speed for your fantasy teams. Stealing a base is as much about the opposing pitcher and catcher as it is the actual base runner themself. So, being able to spot which teams and pitchers specifically are being run on most frequently will help you to figure out who can swipe some bags over the next week. Last week, I highlighted the Mets as a team to stream stolen bases ahead of their series against the Rockies. As a team, they stole five bases during their three-game set over the weekend. Eric Samulski, Before we get to this week's important trends, here is the stolen base leaderboard over the past seven days. Credit to Jazz Chisholm Jr. for literally hitting the ground running upon his return from an oblique strain. Jacob Melton is a player to watch. He's started seven of the Astros' last eight games since being promoted and has a chance to earn significant playing time in what's been a disappointing outfield mix in Houston so far. Now, here is the overall stolen base leaderboard on the season. Still not totally an everyday player, José Caballero has been unstoppable on the base paths lately. Another strong week has vaulted him ahead of Oneil Cruz and Luis Robert Jr. to the top base stealer in the league so far this season. There's certainly some second-hand anger from fantasy managers seeing Chandler Simpson keep a spot on this leaderboard despite being demoted nearly two weeks ago at this point. Remember to respect José Ramírez because he deserves it as a surefire Hall of Famer and still an elite fantasy player at 32 years old. He and Trea Turner are the only players over 30 here. Next, here are some players that we'd hoped would be more aggressive or efficient on the base paths. The dream of a 20-20 season for Jackson Merrill looks lost unless he starts running wild soon. Agustín Ramírez's ability to swipe a bag was supposed to make him a unicorn at catcher. Yet, he hasn't successfully stolen a base since his major league debut and has only attempted one stolen base since his second game. It's beyond frustrating that while Masyn Winn has turned a corner at the plate, he can't seem to figure out how to be a capable base stealer despite his plus speed. Now, let's go over the most important stolen base trends over the past week. Fantasy Baseball Stolen Base Targets Often the feature of this section, the Marlins will get a break this week after only allowing four stolen bases over the past week. That's a banner achievement for them as by far the easiest team to run on in the league this season. Rather, the Rockies deserve some shine here after allowing seven stolen bases over the last week without catching anyone. The Mets stole five alone against them over the weekend with newly called up Ronny Mauricio swiping two of his own. Mauricio has loud tools and could be the type of player to go 30-30 over a full season if everything were to break perfectly. Otherwise, all five of the stolen bases the Rockies allowed in this series came with either Germán Márquez or Chase Dollander on the mound. Francisco Lindor tormented Márquez by singling in each of his first two at-bats and immediately taking second base afterwards without a throw. In both instances, he took a full-on running lead and Márquez seemed to never consider looking him back. Márquez has allowed the eight-most stolen bases of any pitcher in baseball and it's not difficult to see why. Expect the Rockies to continue to be picked on along with the Marlins and Astros as the clear easiest teams to steal a base against in the league. Watch the Angels The Angels led all teams over the last week with eight stolen bases allowed without catching a single runner. In fact, they did so in just their first five games of the week with the Mariners stealing six on them between Saturday and Sunday. Jack Kochanowicz had two come against him, which was somewhat surprising considering he's one of the top pitchers in Baseball Savant's Net Bases Prevented metric. Kyle Hendricks allowed three himself and he's just slightly below average in terms of net bases prevented, but at the same time a wily veteran who we'd expect to be better at the game within the game than this. Rather, catchers Logan O'Hoppe and Travis d'Arnaud – who both oddly have apostrophes in their names – both grade out poorly defensively and have likely been saved by a pitching staff who's better than most at holding runners on. Heading into the week, they'd allowed the 10th-fewest stolen bases of any team in the league, so this was a bit of a surprise. They're a team to keep an eye on moving forward. Speed Tested Apart from the incredible duo of Salvador Perez and Freddy Fermin in Kansas City who have combined to catch a ridiculous 10 of 21 would-be base stealers this season, the Mets have been the most difficult team to run on. Luis Torrens has asserted himself as one of the best defensive catchers in the league and Francisco Alvarez has made tremendous strides there as well. In total, 29 bases have been stolen successfully against them while they've caught 18. That's a sensational ratio. They're about to be tested though with the Rays coming to town this weekend. Tampa Bay leads all teams with 95 total stolen bases – nine more than any other team – and 62 since the beginning of May – 16 more than any other team. They're running at a breakneck pace. It will be fun to monitor this matchup of strength versus strength.
USA Today
a day ago
- USA Today
Texas A&M star OF selected 10th overall in latest USA TODAY 2025 MLB mock draft
Texas A&M star OF selected 10th overall in latest USA TODAY 2025 MLB mock draft Texas A&M's 2025 baseball season fell short of its lofty preseason expectations, finishing 30-26 with just 11 wins in SEC play and missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2006 season. This led to Texas A&M Athletic Director Trev Alberts deciding to keep head coach Michael Earley, which split the fan base 50/50. However, Earley doesn't deserve all the blame for what went down last season. However, despite his midseason struggles at the plate, junior outfielder Jace LaViolette sealed his legendary status in College Station after playing with a broken hand against LSU in the SEC Tournament, producing two of the Aggies' three runs in the 4-3 loss, eliminating A&M's playoff hopes. Still, LaViolette is now Texas A&M's career home run leader and is more than likely departing the program this summer ahead of the 2025 MLB Draft. While returning for a final season is not out of the question, especially to help fix his strikeout issues, it's assumed that LaViolette will forego his collegiate eligibility due to his standing in the latest USA TODAY MLB mock draft, predicted to be selected 10th overall by the Chicago White Sox. "From 1/1 favorite to who knows, LaViolette's slide stops with the White Sox, whose revamped hitting program could be the panacea for a slugger whose platform junior year fizzled. LaViolette regressed from .305, 29 homers, 1.175 OPS to .257, 18 and 1.003, and his K rate nudged upward, to 25.2." This is not out of the realm of realistic possibility, and would be somewhat comical given that former Texas A&M star outfielder Braden Montgomery is currently a rising star in the White Sox organization. LaViolette's 6'6" frame and elite power are the primary reasons that he won't slide past the Top 10 or 15 in the draft. Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Cameron on X: @CameronOhnysty.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
NCAA issues notice of violations for Michigan State football from Mel Tucker era
The NCAA has issued a notice of allegations to Michigan State University's football program during Mel Tucker's time as coach. Matt Larson, MSU's executive senior associate athletic director for communications, confirmed the university is aware of the NCAA's notice but has not yet received a copy. Per NCAA rules, the school has 90 days to respond once it receives the Notice of Allegations, though extensions can be provided. Advertisement According to the NCAA's infractions tracker dashboard, which charts the most serious Level I and II violations, MSU self-reported the matter on Aug. 29, 2023. The nature of the allegations is unclear, and the university has not yet responded to Freedom of Information Act requests from the Free Press. The NCAA's allegation review board took up the matter Nov. 6, 2024, with all participating parties having a Jan. 21 status conference with Committee on Infractions chair Kay Norton to 'discuss resolution paths for the parties.' Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker walks off the field after warmups before the game against Central Michigan at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. BLAST FROM THE PAST: Michigan State football targets return to Mark Dantonio man-to-man 'No-Fly Zone' days Advertisement The NCAA's enforcement branch submitted "a new resolution selection request to (the committee) based on parties' participation and additional allegation' on April 14. The final Notice of Allegations is dated April 29, according to the NCAA dashboard. Previously, Emily Gerkin-Guerrant, the school's vice president and chief of communications, confirmed that MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz acknowledged the probe into Tucker's tenure from 2020-23. 'Michigan State Athletics has cooperated with the NCAA to review a potential matter concerning the football program under the former staff and will continue to do so for the duration of the process,' the school's athletic department said in a statement. 'NCAA rules do not permit the University to provide any additional details at this time. According to NCAA bylaws, Level I violations are those which 'seriously undermine or threaten the integrity of college sports;' 'provide or are intended to provide a substantial or extensive recruiting, competitive or other advantage;' or 'are a substantial or extensive impermissible benefit.' Advertisement Level II violations can 'provide or are intended to provide more than a minimal but less than a substantial or extensive recruiting, competitive or other advantage;' 'include more than a minimal but less than a substantial or extensive impermissible benefit;' or 'involve conduct that may compromise the integrity of college sports.' One of the triggers for either a Level I or II infraction can be a 'violation of head coach responsibility rules.' Tucker was 20-14 overall and 12-13 in Big Ten play during his three-plus seasons as MSU's head coach before being fired two games into the 2023 camapgin. After the Spartans' winningest coach in school history Mark Dantonio abruptly retired Feb. 4, 2020, then-MSU athletic director Bill Beekman hired Tucker 12 days later. Tucker signed a 10-year, $95 million extension that did not include a buyout clause on Nov. 24, 2021, but he was suspended two games into the 2023 season for alleged sexual improprieties during a spring 2022 phone call with prominent rape survivor and women's rights activist Brenda Tracy. Tracy filed a Title IX violation with the university in December 2022. Advertisement The school fired Tucker with cause for violating the moral turpitude clause in his contract on Sept. 27, 2023. He was due roughly $75 million through 2032 before being fired for violating that clause in his contract. The university, in an October 2023 decision, determined Tucker sexually harassed Tracy, a violation of school policy. Tucker filed a wrongful termination suit against MSU in July 2024 that remains ongoing. Guskiewicz, who was named MSU's president two months after Tucker's termination, told the Detroit News editorial board in April that he was aware of the NCAA's inquiry, Gerkin Guerrant said. The university also dismissed athletic director Alan Haller on May 1 after less than five years. The national search for his replacement remains ongoing. Advertisement Contact Chris Solari: csolari@ Follow him @chrissolari. Subscribe to the "Spartan Speak" podcast for new episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts. And catch all of our podcasts and daily voice briefing at This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan State football: NCAA issues Notice of Allegations
