PT TOMORROW: NL West—Running in the desert

Arizona Diamondbacks

There's been a modest shift in Arizona's baserunning philosophy under first-year manager Chip Hale, and it should benefit fantasy owners with ARI players. As a team, Arizona has 41 SB and just 16 CS (a 72% success rate), and they are on pace to blow away 2014's SB attempt total of 119. The following players have seen increases in SBO% from 2014, when the club was under the helm of Kirk Gibson:

                2015   2014
Player          SBO%   SBO%
==============  ====   ====
Pollock          28%    25%
E. Inciarte      21%    19%
P. Goldschmidt   16%     9%
C. Owings        17%    13%
A. Hill          12%     6%

Though we're just over a quarter of the way through the season, fantasy owners should take note of...

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