How Marlins’ Berti, MLB’s reigning steals champ, is learning to take advantage of pitch clock

Jon Berti has had the green light from the Miami Marlins throughout all of spring training and not just because he led the Majors with 41 stolen bases last season.

Other than pitchers, no one has been more affected by MLB’s series of offseason rule changers more than base runners and particularly those who, like Berti, make their living largely based on what they can do on the base paths.

“They have a green light because I want them to get used to it,” manager Skip Schumaker said back on March 1. “There’s a lot of stuff that factors in.”