Earlier this season I wrote a post about the speed exhibited by some of the Toronto Blue Jays here in which I wondered whether John Farrell's recklessness with his slower players would continue. Just a few weeks into the season guys like Aaron Hill and Travis Snider already had five steals. Some of us were wondering whether the new Jays philosophy involved ignoring the CS stat or whether Ferrell was just trying to use the element of surprise with those players before easing back on the throttle.
Looking back from the midpoint of the season we can see that this surge wasn't a John Farrell thing, it was an Aaron Hill thing. Hill now has eleven stolen bases, five more than his previous season high, and is on pace to swipe somewhere in the mid to high teens. If Hill is looking to partially compensate for his lack of power this year by running more then I'm all for it, after all, he's only been caught once.
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