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Message: [QUOTE="mets1090, post: 5017769, member: 72"] Without getting into specifics over who is or isn't running things out, I can say for sure the Mets (and therefore I presume most teams) have sports scientists giving them data on who sprinted how much every day and would benefit from a day off contrary to conventional wisdom - e.g. you hit two triples yesterday and made a spectacular running catch so now we're going to bench you for your own good. It wouldn't surprise me at all if any team thought there was more benefit to not full sprinting to try to beat out every routine ground ball. Sprinting 90 feet on 50 routine ground balls throughout the year might get you on base one or two times a year, but might lead to a sore hammy that hinders you for two weeks. Not to say I would intuitively advocate not running things out, but I could be convinced by data that it is a net positive over 162 games and therefore the correct decision. [/QUOTE]