Steals are not as prized today as they once were. Billy Beane and the sabermetricians have shown that steals are not worth the risk unless the thief has a success rate of 75% or better. There is still some debate about the value of steals, but the Nationals won't be engaging in that debate this season. This is from the Elias Sports Bureau, via espn.com:
"The Nationals hit three home runs in their 6-2 win over the Mets [on Saturday], but what really raised eyebrows was Felipe Lopez's steal of second base in the third inning. It was Washington's first stolen base of the season, coming in its 12th game. That's the farthest into a season any National League team has gone without a stolen base since the Pirates failed to steal one in their first 23 games of the 1973 season. (Many AL teams have done it in the interim.)"
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