""Once a guy like Antoan became available, things changed," said Weiss. "You saw the impact he had with the Mets. I think they were 30th in sprint speed but fifth in stolen bases. That math doesn't add up unless you have somebody who's making a big difference and that's Antoan.""
""There's some low-hanging fruit there with our club - not that we're built to do that, necessarily, specially since Ronald [Acuña Jr.] stopped running last year and was playing a bit more careful," said Weiss. "There's some opportunity there to creat some things on the offensive end and I think Antoan is really going to help that. He's passionate about it. I think he's going to get our guys to be passionate about it. That's an exciting hire and that's an exciting part of our club that I think there's some low-hanging fruit there.""
"Comparing Atlanta's baserunning to the Mets is actually relevant because the two teams were pretty close together in terms of Sprint Speed. As Weiss mentioned, the Mets finished dead-last in baseball in Sprint Speed as their team averaged 26.9 feet per second. Meanwhile, the Braves didn't fare much better as they finished 29th at 27 feet"
Walt Weiss intends to increase aggressive baserunning for the Atlanta Braves and added Antoan Richardson as first-base coach to lead that emphasis. Antoan produced notable gains with the Mets, translating low team sprint speed into high stolen-base totals. The Braves finished 29th in sprint speed at 27 feet per second, while the Mets averaged 26.9 fps yet ranked fifth in stolen bases. Weiss identified baserunning as low-hanging offensive opportunity, noting changes after Ronald Acuña Jr. curtailed running. Richardson's passion and coaching are expected to teach techniques and instill urgency to create more on-base and run-scoring chances.
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