Should the second baseman cover second on a soft groundball to the third baseman with no runners on base? The answer is no, but not for the reason you might think. The second baseman actually backs up the throw to first base in this situation as the primary back up. It’s ok for third base to be left open because there’s no runners on base and the pitcher can cover or the third baseman has plenty of time to get back to his bag. While the catcher and RF break to back up, it’s quite a distance to g
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Second baseman with high baseball IQ do things differently. In this situation with no runners on base and no outs, there’s a slow roller groundball to the third baseman. Most might think that the middle infielders shift over to where the SS covers third and second baseman’s covers 2B. But there’s BETTER option! Because no runners are on base the second baseman actually backs up 1B, so he’s closer than the right fielder and the SS covers second base. The pitcher can handle third and if there is a
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What do you think the second baseman should do in this situation? With a runner on first base, less than two outs, and a fly ball hit foul behind the catcher? In this situation, we’re anticipating the catcher to be the one that makes the play. Pitcher is pointing to where the ball is. 3B and 1B are covering their bags and SS covers second. The OF comes in towards the infield to back the infielders. But what does the second baseman do? This depends on the runner. If the runner tags, like he shoul
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The second baseman is never the cut/relay to third base and here’s why! This is a perfect example of why the SS is always the cut to third base on a routine base hit or fly ball to the outfield and the plays at third base. With a base hit we’re thinking two bases ahead of the lead runner. The SS drops into the grass as it allows him to see the base runners and decide whether to cut it or let it go. Here we see that the runner on first got a great jump and he knew he had no play at third so he cu
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