I would really like to see base stealing as an individual player option than as a team option.

Never gonna happen.

They would have to totally revamp it so I agree that it won't happen.

I am not a fan of the current system either. In real life, if you have poor baserunners, the manager isn't going to have those poor base runners attempting to steal 20+ times a season. In HBD, that's what happens when you up your team manager base stealing though -- those poor baserunners with a 380 OBP run into outs, but those speedy great baserunners who only get on base at a 300 clip don't get as many chances. In real life, Billy Hamilton attempts 60+ bags a season and it has no affect on Joey Votto.

The system is the way it is to keep the team totals/percentages, and the Catcher's caught stealing percentages, realistic. Even under this system, the great base stealers get theirs, which is because this system generates ridiculous base stealers.

Just looked at one of my worlds, the player with the third most SBs all time had a lifetime 892-24. At his best he had 94 Baserunning and 100 Speed. One season he stole 94 and wasn't caught once. Would it make sense to fix it so you could have that player steal 140 bases?

They'd have to change the player generation formula.