Any baseball fans know why MLB increased the size of the bases?

[Cerridwen]

2. I found an article at "Sporting News"

A snip from the article:

Why did MLB make the bases bigger?

Baseball is making the bases bigger to promote player safety, with the happy side effect of creating more offense. The league hasn't had a 50-steal player since Dee Strange-Gordon pulled the feat in 2017, swiping 60 bases (worth noting there are a myriad of factors contributing to this, including the forgoing of small ball due to historic home run rates).

Trea Turner led the majors last year with 32. More area to grab onto should make it easier to steal bases, and it's going to be more difficult for a shortstop or second baseman to apply the tag to a player sliding behind the bag.

Link to the article: https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/mlb-bigger-bases-new-larger-2022/rrvpggytykvvzyzf2aqmj8ds

Hope this helps.