As of Friday afternoon, the second-ranked participant in stolen bases, Jose Caballero, has 17.
The chief, Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz, has a whopping 30 thefts.
30!
It’s not even June.
Heck, it’s not even late-Could, however De La Cruz is a particular participant and particular gamers do these items.
De La Cruz began Thursday’s recreation with 26 steals for the 12 months.
By the point it completed, he was at 30: he stole 4 baggage, and has change into a nightmare on the basepaths for pitchers and infielders.
“4 stolen bases tonight. 30 on the season. Elly De La Cruz is on a historic tempo,” MLB tweeted with a video of De La Cruz working his magic.
4 stolen bases tonight. 30 on the season.
Elly De La Cruz is on a historic tempo. ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/kePlqSihyd
Hugh Nicol, with 138, is the franchise chief in single-season stolen bases however that got here within the outdated American Affiliation within the late 1800s.
If you need the trendy single-season chief in franchise historical past, you would need to go to 1986 when Eric Davis stole 80.
That’s a hefty complete, but when De La Cruz manages to maintain his present tempo, he has a really stable probability of setting the trendy Reds document.
If you need a more moderen comparability of De La Cruz’s present tempo, Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. had 18 thefts final 12 months as of Could 17.
He completed the 12 months with 73.
Think about how far can the Reds phenom go if he doesn’t take his foot off the fuel.
Can he surpass Acuna?
Can he attain 100?
These are all optimistic objectives, however they’re very a lot practical.
We’re speaking a couple of generational expertise who additionally has unimaginable energy (he has eight doubles and 9 homers up to now, too) and jaw-dropping uncooked instruments.