Thanks in part to the introduction of bigger bases and pickoff limits, we have witnessed tremendous feats of power and speed over the past couple of years.
MLB never had a player obtain 40 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season until Ronald Acuña Jr. put up his absurd 41-73 line in 2023 . And reaching 50-50 seemed impossible until 2024 with Shohei Ohtani , who often makes the impossible look routine.
A 20-homer, 20-steal season is rather mundane by comparison, but 19 players hit that mark in 2023 and '24, matching the all-time record that was set in 1999. Now it looks like that record could be surpassed in 2025. Actually, it could be demolished.
Entering Tuesday, 13 players had already recorded 20 homers and 20 stolen bases this season, and another twenty players are at