Steal Allowance Rating Modifications – 2016 Players Who Have Reached

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Steal Allowance Rating Modifications – 2016 Players who have reached their stolen base limit plus 10% have been modified to Steal Allowance = R and Steal Success = 14 After Game 30 Melky Cabrera After Game 36 Chris Denforia Travis Jankowski Xavier Scruggs After Game 42 Jose Peraza After Game 48 Devin Mesoraco After Game 54 Carlos Gonzalez Ehire Adrianza Brett Gardner After Game 60 Randal Grichuk After Game 66 Neil Walker After Game 71 Brandon Barnes Brandon Phillips After Game 76 Cliff Pennington Troy Tulowitzki After Game 81 Didi Gregorius Jonathan Villar After Game 86 Eddie Rosario Dustin Ackley After Game 91 Jayson Werth Francisco Lindor After Game 96 Justin Turner After Game 102 Nick Markakis After Game 108 Hank Conger Melvin Upton Josh Reddick Jorge Soler Hunter Pence Kris Negron After Game 114 Gregor Blanco Christian Colon Brad Miller Starlin Castro Adam Jones Drew Stubbs After Game 120 Eric Hosmer Sandy Leon Martin Prado Andrew McCutchen Kyle Seager Trayce Thompson Kole Calhoun After Game 126 Logan Forsythe Tommy Pham Todd Cunningham After Game 132 Buster Posey Eric Sogard After Game 138 Aaron Hicks Justin Upton Marwin Gonzalez Anthony Rendon Michael Bourn Socrates Brito Pedro Ciriaco Matt Den Dekker After Game 144 Manny Machado Everth Cabrera Brock Holt Stephen Piscotty After Game 150 Michael Taylor Gerardo Parra Kevin Kiermaier After Game 156 Denard Span A.J. Pollock Danny Espinosa Evan Longoria Mookie Betts Jonathan Herrera .

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