O's Team Speed vs. AL East

[AZRon]

During yesterday's game TV broadcast, Gary Thorne displayed a list of the 4 fastest Orioles.  I was surprised that Andreoli was not listed.

So, I checked out the stats:

The O's fastest players:

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sprint_speed_leaderboard?year=2018&position=&team=BAL&min=10

Pretty much confirms my eye test

 

 

[Cumberbundy]

I’m surprised that Davis has dipped a larger % than Jones from 2015 considering Davis experiences no wear and tear and his only job is to train. That indicates a lack of care to me, he shouldn’t have dropped much at all over that span. 

Its also interesting that the difference between Boom Boom and Villar is the same as that between Rickard and Villar. 

[Hallas]

This title makes me want to post the Earl Weaver Managers Corner clip.

[LocoChris]

Villar 8th? Kind of surprising. 

[Il BuonO]

Lol,  Mancini is faster than Jones. 

[AZRon]

I assembled each of the AL East teams with 13 position players -- 4 on the bench.  Here's how the team speeds check out:

 

Rays

Player	Position	Age	Competitive Runs	Sprint Speed (ft / sec)
Starters
Smith, Mallex	RF	25	230	29.8
Kiermaier, Kevin	CF	28	153	28.9
Pham, Tommy	LF	30	193	28.6
Adames, Willy	SS	23	99	28.5
Wendle, Joey	2B	28	215	28.3
Bauers, Jake	1B	23	122	27.8
Duffy, Matt	3B	27	259	27.7
Cron, C.J.	DH	28	168	26.4
Sucre, Jesus	C	30	59	23.1
					27.7
Bench
Gomez, Carlos	RF	33	115	28.0
Robertson, Daniel	UT	24	145	27.7
Choi, Ji-Man	DH/1B	27	70	25.7
Perez, Michael	C	26	24	24.9
					26.6
Average Team Speed					27.3

Yankees

Player	Position	Age	Competitive Runs	Sprint Speed (ft / sec)
Starters
Gardner, Brett	LF	35	235	29.1
Hicks, Aaron	CF	29	179	28.1
Judge, Aaron	RF	26	127	28.0
Gregorius, Didi	SS	28	204	28.0
Torreyes, Ronald	2B	26	44	28.0
Andujar, Miguel	3B	23	255	27.8
Stanton, Giancarlo	DH	29	210	27.8
Torres, Gleyber	2B	22	108	27.1
Sanchez, Gary	C	26	111	25.9
Bird, Greg	1B	26	83	25.2
					27.5
Bench
McCutchen, Andrew	RF	32	208	28.7
Hechavarria, Adeiny	UT	29	118	27.0
Walker, Neil	UT	33	105	26.5
Romine, Austin	C	30	99	26.4
					27.2
Average Team Speed					27.4

Orioles

Mullins, Cedric CF 24 61 29.3    Rickard, Joey LF 27 74 28.2    Valera, Breyvic 2B 26 26 27.6    Villar, Jonathan SS 27 187 27.6    Nunez, Renato 3B 24 88 27.3    Mancini, Trey DH 26 247 27.0    Jones, Adam RF 33 223 26.7    Joseph, Caleb C 32 95 26.4    Davis, Chris 1B 32 135 25.5             27.3 Bench            Wilkerson, Steve UT 26 10 29.4    Peterson, Jace UT 28 92 28.4    Beckham, Tim SS 28 141 27.2    Wynns, Austin C 28 39 25.1             27.5             Average Team Speed         27.4

Red Sox

 

Player	Position	Age	Competitive Runs	Sprint Speed (ft / sec)
Starters
Betts, Mookie	RF	26	204	28.1
Bogaerts, Xander	SS	26	231	27.9
Bradley Jr., Jackie	CF	28	179	27.8
Benintendi, Andrew	LF	24	223	27.7
Devers, Rafael	3B	22	166	27.4
Martinez, J.D.	DH	31	230	26.8
Kinsler, Ian	2B	36	197	26.6
Moreland, Mitch	1B	33	157	25.3
Vazquez, Christian	C	28	93	25.2
					27.0
Bench
Nunez, Eduardo	2B	31	233	27.5
Holt, Brock	UT	30	144	26.3
Pearce, Steve	UT	35	84	26.1
Leon, Sandy	C	29	85	24.0
					26.0
Average Team Speed					26.7

Blue Jays

 

Player	Position	Age	Competitive Runs	Sprint Speed (ft / sec)
Starters
Grichuk, Randal	RF	27	129	28.3
Diaz, Aledmys	SS	28	166	27.9
Jansen, Danny	C	23	30	27.8
Pillar, Kevin	CF	29	170	27.8
McKinney, Billy	LF	24	33	27.5
Travis, Devon	2B	27	165	26.9
Solarte, Yangervis	3B	31	188	24.8
Smoak, Justin	1B	32	176	23.9
Morales, Kendrys	DH	35	151	23.5
					26.5
Bench
Hernandez, Teoscar	LF	26	158	28.6
Gurriel Jr., Lourdes	SS	25	89	28.0
Urena, Richard	UT	22.0	22	27.5
Martin, Russell	C	35	122	25.6
					27.4
Average Team Speed					26.8

 

[TGO]

Putting Wilkerson and Valera in there helps our average more than we deserve. Those guys have 47 plate appearances combined.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

42 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

Lol,  Mancini is faster than Jones. 

I’m not surprised watching Jones play the outfield this year.

[pastorfan]

1 hour ago, Il BuonO said:

Lol,  Mancini is faster than Jones. 

How in the world has Jones remained in CF for so long with such poor speed? That is a joke!

[weams]

Exciting baseball. 

[Aristotelian]

Lol, Rasmus slower than Pedro? I am pretty sure Rasmus never sprinted full out in an Orioles uniform.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Aristotelian said:

Lol, Rasmus slower than Pedro? I am pretty sure Rasmus never sprinted full out in an Orioles uniform.

Hard to with a bad hip. 

[Aristotelian]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Hard to with a bad hip. 

He should be able to beat Pedro with a bad hip and his feet in a potato sack.