The Mets Are Changing Base Stealing Forever

The 2025 New York Mets are sucessfully stealing bases at an unprecendented rate. They're also the slowest team in baseball. How are they able to do it? Well if you give me 12 minutes of your time, I'll show you.
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Shoutout to Davy Andrews' articles on Fangraphs
• https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-mets-could-swipe-some-base-stealing-records/
• https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-mets-are-slow-but-they-know-when-to-go/

All stats taken from baseball-reference.com, Fangraphs.com, and Baseball Savant

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Music:
Ridge Racer Type 4 OST - Lusic Rhythms
Nick Tesla - Nick
https://nickelustesla.bandcamp.com/album/nick
Traph Hazard - Oldis
https://traphhazard.bandcamp.com/
F1 World Grand Prix OST - Track 1
Nick Tesla - Pocket Pass
Wave Race 64 OST - Milky Lake
Chiptune Covers - Kid Charlemagne (St*ely Dan 8 Bit Cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEqbhktNNk8u0026pp=0gcJCcYJAYcqIYzv
Need For Speed III OST - Romulus
DRAG0N - Ode To The Mets - (The Str*kes 80s Instrumental)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feBFPB3s5dku0026pp=ygUTb2RlIHRvIHRoZSBtZXRzIDgwcw%3D%3D

Sources
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/mets/2025/03/21/ny-mets-antoan-richardson/82589512007/
https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-antoan-richardson-base-stealing-juan-soto-brandon-nimmo-un62giix