I know it's trivial but here's good quote of any baseball manager in the world: "Know your players"
As for the option, I think there's a part of casino roulette in running for third. It's risky even in real world, why it won't be risky in OOTP? If you see speed attribute, than it won't be a roulette, a tension, right? So, maybe, hiding attributes from the field it's a good thing. As I read somewhere on bridge site, it makes the game "nailbiting"

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