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Joe Torre has made it abundantly clear that the Dodgers are going to manufacture runs this year. He plans on doing this by taking chances on the basepaths this season. This new strategy was reinforced in a recent Spring Training game:
Ultimately, the only action they forced was a 10-4 loss to the Washington Nationals, a game in which the Dodgers didn’t get a hit until the seventh inning. But they also manufactured a run before Nationals starter Mike O’Connor recorded a single out, manufactured another by the end of the first inning and finished the afternoon with five walks and four stolen bases.
Now that we know Joe Torre’s master plan <g>, which Dodger is really going to benefit from this? My first thought is Juan Pierre.
Three walks were drawn by the notoriously non-walk-drawing Juan Pierre, who is beginning to appear entrenched in the leadoff spot, with Rafael Furcal hitting behind him.
Early fantasy drafters have been cautious about drafting Pierre as we weren’t sure if he would be in a platoon situation or not. His ADP is 107.52 (late 9th round) which is almost 1% better than his ADP two weeks ago. If Pierre is going to be given more opportunities to be aggressive on the basepaths due to him drawing more walks and the new Dodger philosophy of manufacturing runs, is it possible for him to swipe more than 64 bases, which was his stolen base total from last season?
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