When Rocco Baldelli made the pitch to his team last month, imploring them to be more aggressive on the base paths, the Twins’ manager admits he didn’t know what would come of it. Three weeks later, he could safely say “it’s gone even better than I expected.”

One of the worst baserunning teams in the majors over recent years, the Twins’ new style of play has catapulted them to among the best. Since Baldelli had this discussion with his team, the Twins have swiped 30 bases, second in the majors to just the New York Mets. Their baserunning runs above average is first in the majors in that time period, per FanGraphs.

While no individual game result holds all that much importance as the fourth-place Twins, who will return to Target Field to host the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday, play out

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