New bench coach Ryan Christenson hopes a secondary lead styled after the Dodgers’ do-it-all superstar can juice the Giants’ running game.
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee runs the bases during stretch and speed development during day six of spring training at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — One morning recently in the San Francisco Giants’ spring clubhouse, a series of clips flashed repeatedly on the television screens above the players’ lockers. The same play, over and over.
Thairo Estrada led the team with 23 steals and didn’t have much company. The Giants with the next-most steals were Blake Sabol and Michael Conforto, with four apiece. One of the players who appears in the series of clips is Mookie Betts. There are many things to admire about the Dodgers’ do-it-all superstar, but one quality has long enamored Christenson, who has been in the opposite dugout many times as the A’s and later Padres bench coach under Melvin.
Despite their lack of speed, the Giants rated out as about league average in most areas on the bases besides steals. They took the extra base 43% of the time , scored from second on a hit 103 times and went first to third 86 times .It wasn’t until after Memorial Day that third base coach Mark Hallberg waved a runner around third and into an out. The Giants were thrown out at home plate only nine times, the third-fewest in the majors.
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