Run it back? More like running wild.

That’s what the Yankees have done in the early going of the 2026 season, as they entered Saturday night’s contest against the Marlins with 11 stolen bases over seven games, the most in the American League.

Only the Brewers (15 in 6 games) had more.

“We became [a team that runs] in the second half of last season, where night in and night out, we were rolling a good amount of some speed and some athletes out there to where that slowly became a little more of our identity,” Aaron Boone said Friday after the Yankees’ 8-2 win over the Marlins. “And obviously we have a lot of the same group now with a handful of guys that can really push it in the running game.”

Boone made that comment after the Yankees’ swiped five bases on five attempts in Friday’s game. With the defensively-unreliable Liam Hicks behind the plate for Miami, it was the Bombers’ most steals in a game since Sept. 5, 2013 (6 vs. BOS). Jazz Chisholm Jr. and José Caballero each took two bags, while Aaron Judge added one himself.

Judge, who noted that he’d like to steal more bases during spring training, said the fleet-footed afternoon was an example of the Yankees playing “complete baseball” as they improved to 6-1.

“We have a really athletic team,” added Cody Bellinger. “We believe that we’re one of the best teams out there, and we can win in many different ways. We just want to continue showcasing that and just continue playing the best that we can play.”

The Yankees were also aggressive by taking extra bases on Friday, as Austin Wells surprisingly and successfully tagged up from second when Ryan McMahon lofted a flyball to left in the sixth inning. Wells went on to score on a wild pitch.

There was also the eighth inning, when Trent Grisham tried to go from first to third on a Judge single to left. Grisham was thrown out at third, but only because he couldn’t maintain contact with the bag when he collided with tumbling Marlins third baseman Leo Jiménez on his slide.

Those attempts were welcomed by Boone, whose Yankees had the second-worst extra bases taken percentage (37%) in 2025, per Baseball Reference.

“We want to be a little bit risk-adverse too because of who we are offensively and what our identity is. That being said, absolutely, we gotta be aggressive in certain spots,” Boone said Saturday. “There’s times to absolutely push it. There’s times when, even if it’s 50-50, you want to push it and get to a base.

“We want to be smart and aggressive.”

GIL’S RETURN SET

Luis Gil is scheduled to make his first big league start of the season on April 10 against the Rays in Tampa, Boone said. First, he’ll make a start at Triple-A on Sunday.

Gil was optioned to the minors to start the season because four off days in the Yankees’ first 13 days of the schedule made it so that they only needed a four-man rotation. With Gil pitching poorly prior to his last spring training start and working on a few things, including his release point and a sinker, the Yankees felt it was best to start the year with an extra reliever.

However, the Yankees had yet to use Rule 5 Draft pick Cade Winquest prior to Saturday’s game. As things stand, he’s the most logical corresponding move for Gil.

COLE & RODÓN

Gerrit Cole (Tommy John surgery) and Carlos Rodón (elbow cleanup surgery/hamstring) each threw bullpens at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.

Boone noted that Cole’s next outing will be a live batting practice session. Rodón said Friday that he expects to have similar plans, though he hopes to start a rehab assignment soon after.