{"id":163607,"date":"2026-03-13T12:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=163607"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:03:01","slug":"red-sox-prospect-breaks-all-time-mlb-record-in-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=163607","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox prospect breaks all-time MLB record in Spring Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.sportingnews.com\/styles\/crop_style_16_9_desktop_webp\/s3\/2026-03\/USATSI_28408387.jpg.webp?itok=ln5EtPPO\" alt=\"Red Sox prospect breaks all-time MLB record in Spring Training | Sporting  News Canada\" \/><\/p>\n<section id=\"article-body\">Braiden Ward slid headfirst into second base, then picked up the bag out of the ground like he&#8217;s Rickey Henderson.<\/p>\n<p>And as far as Spring Training is concerned, that&#8217;s sort of who the Boston Red Sox prospect became with that stolen base.<\/p>\n<p>Ward has now stolen more bases in a single spring than any player ever, with 17 and counting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The single-season spring training stolen base record now belongs to Red Sox prospect Braiden Ward, who swiped his 17th bag and then picked up the base like Rickey Henderson<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/835zUNshRm\">pic.twitter.com\/835zUNshRm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talkin&#39; Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/2032182041454785013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not necessarily a record anyone sets out to break, but Ward clearly knew by this moment that he was about to break it.<\/p>\n<p>And hey, baseball is fun. It&#8217;s cool to see Ward enjoying it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s especially cool that a grinder like Ward is the guy who did it.<\/p>\n<p>At 27 years old, and just 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds, Ward isn&#8217;t exactly a top prospect.<\/p>\n<p>He was a 16th-round pick by the Colorado Rockies in the 2021 MLB Draft out of the University of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>This is his first season outside of the Rockies&#8217; organization, and he&#8217;ll likely open the year in either Double-A or Triple-A.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Ward hit .331 in 44 games at Triple-A in the Rockies&#8217; system. In those 44 games, he stole 35 bases and was only caught twice.<\/p>\n<p>His career minor league stolen base stats have him at 211-for-241 on swiping bags. He has hit .275 in the minor leagues with a .776 OPS, also displaying a solid walk-to-strikeout rate.<\/p>\n<p>Ward&#8217;s speed and base running could actually get him to the majors at some point as a key bench player. We&#8217;ll see if the Red Sox do that at some point.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, he&#8217;s got an all-time record, and still time to expand upon it. It might just be spring, but for someone on the fringes of the majors like Ward, it&#8217;s certainly still special.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Braiden Ward slid headfirst into second base, then picked up the bag out of the ground like he&#8217;s Rickey Henderson. 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