Message #2200002

[Elvir Ovcina]

pick offs used to count as caught stealings.  Has the rule changed?

If you're picked off while heading back to the base, no, counts as PO in the box score.  The ones that count as CS are when the pitcher has the guy caught so badly that he runs for the next base.  I think that's been the rule for a while.

Here's MLB's definition of CS: https://www.mlb.com/glossary/standard-stats/caught-stealing#:~:text=Definition,before%20the%20runner%20reaches%20it.