Key to Wei Chuan Dragons' High Base-Stealing Prevention Rate: Chiang Shao-hung Points to Pitcher Awareness
The Wei Chuan Dragons have the best base-stealing prevention ability in the Chinese Professional Baseball League this season, with a 47.6% success rate. Catcher Chiang Shao-hung and manager Yeh Chun-chang attribute this to pitchers' awareness of runners. Despite enlarged bases and reduced pickoff limits, pitchers' quick delivery contributes to preventing stolen bases.
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(Central News Agency reporter Su Chih-she, Taipei 7th) The Wei Chuan Dragons not only have a better stolen base success rate than other teams this year, but their "anti-theft" ability is also the best in the Chinese Professional Baseball League so far this season. Main catcher Chiang Shao-hung and manager Yeh Chun-chang both believe that the key lies in whether pitchers have a sense of prevention.
The Dragons' team base-stealing prevention rate this year is 47.6%, ranking 1st among the 6 teams in the CPBL, with 10 successful base-stealing preventions and 11 stolen bases against them. The second-ranked TSG Hawks have a 29.2% rate, with 7 base-stealing preventions and 17 stolen bases against them. The last-ranked CTBC Brothers have 9 base-stealing preventions and 29 stolen bases against them, with a prevention rate of only 23.7%.
This year, the CPBL enlarged the size of the bases, and the pitcher's pickoff limit was reduced from 3 to 2, both of which were thought to increase the difficulty of preventing stolen bases. However, Dragons manager Yeh Chun-chang has a different idea. He said: "Before these rules, people didn't pay much attention, but now pitchers pay attention to their delivery speed, which is not necessarily easier to run on."
Yeh Chun-chang also stated directly that requiring pitchers to shorten the time it takes to throw the ball is already basic training. "All teams will improve on this point, and I believe it will also help the overall level of our pitchers."
Chiang Shao-hung, who has caught 8 stolen bases and has a 53.3% prevention rate so far this year, also agrees. "Pitchers are doing a good job of watching runners. Catchers just try their best to deal with each stolen base in the usual practice way." Even if the bases are enlarged, "the throwing distance is still the same, we have to find a way to throw accurately to have a chance to prevent a stolen base."
However, Chiang Shao-hung does not take the prevention rate too seriously. "Because thinking about it is useless, you can only try your best to throw, and still do the details well, and then see what happens. Even if they steal a base, you have to find a way not to give up runs, which is relatively more important." (Edited by Chang Ming-kun) 1150507
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(Central News Agency reporter Su Chih-she, Taipei 7th) The Wei Chuan Dragons not only have a better stolen base success rate than other teams this year, but their "anti-theft" ability is also the best in the Chinese Professional Baseball League so far this season. Main catcher Chiang Shao-hung and manager Yeh Chun-chang both believe that the key lies in whether pitchers have a sense of prevention.
The Dragons' team base-stealing prevention rate this year is 47.6%, ranking 1st among the 6 teams in the CPBL, with 10 successful base-stealing preventions and 11 stolen bases against them. The second-ranked TSG Hawks have a 29.2% rate, with 7 base-stealing preventions and 17 stolen bases against them. The last-ranked CTBC Brothers have 9 base-stealing preventions and 29 stolen bases against them, with a prevention rate of only 23.7%.
This year, the CPBL enlarged the size of the bases, and the pitcher's pickoff limit was reduced from 3 to 2, both of which were thought to increase the difficulty of preventing stolen bases. However, Dragons manager Yeh Chun-chang has a different idea. He said: "Before these rules, people didn't pay much attention, but now pitchers pay attention to their delivery speed, which is not necessarily easier to run on."
Yeh Chun-chang also stated directly that requiring pitchers to shorten the time it takes to throw the ball is already basic training. "All teams will improve on this point, and I believe it will also help the overall level of our pitchers."
Chiang Shao-hung, who has caught 8 stolen bases and has a 53.3% prevention rate so far this year, also agrees. "Pitchers are doing a good job of watching runners. Catchers just try their best to deal with each stolen base in the usual practice way." Even if the bases are enlarged, "the throwing distance is still the same, we have to find a way to throw accurately to have a chance to prevent a stolen base."
However, Chiang Shao-hung does not take the prevention rate too seriously. "Because thinking about it is useless, you can only try your best to throw, and still do the details well, and then see what happens. Even if they steal a base, you have to find a way not to give up runs, which is relatively more important." (Edited by Chang Ming-kun) 1150507
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