O's Sprint Speed

[wildcard]

This is from Baseball Savant for 2022 Percentile Ranking for Sprint Speed:

99   Jorge Mateo

94  Ryan McKenna

91   Gunnar Henderson

84  Franchy Cordero

82  Daz Cameron

80  Cedric Mullins

61  Austin Hays

53  Ryan Mountcastle

48 Ryan O'Hearn

47  Adley Rutschman

45  Terrin Vavra

43  Kyle Stowers

37  Adam Frazier

35  Ramon Urias

30  Anthony Santander

27  Nomar Mazara

22   James McCann

5   Lewin Diaz

I knew Gunnar could run but I did not know he was that fast.

 

Edited January 24, 2023 by wildcard

[Moose Milligan]

Oh ok.  Whew. I thought this was the thread where you were gonna say how McKenna steals 131 bases this year and breaks Rickey’s record. 

[now]

Some real suprises here...

- Gunnar so much ahead of Mullins?
- Mountcastle had been touted as faster but this seems more expected.
- Rutschman faster than Vavra? I thought Vavra was a speedster.
- Santander pretty low for RF!

[Can_of_corn]

22 minutes ago, now said:

Some real suprises here...

- Gunnar so much ahead of Mullins?
- Mountcastle had been touted as faster but this seems more expected.
- Rutschman faster than Vavra? I thought Vavra was a speedster.
- Santander pretty low for RF!

You are surprised Santander wasn't faster?

I'm not, he looked very slow out there last year.

 

[wildcard]

I added the AAAA guys who were in the Majors last season.   Franchy Cordero and Daz Cameron are fast.

Edited January 23, 2023 by wildcard

[sportsfan8703]

Vavra is surpising. I thought Lewin Diaz was a big time athlete?  Must be SSS. 

[now]

4 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

You are surprised Santander wasn't faster?

I'm not, he looked very slow out there last year.

 

Agreed, he looks as slow as he is. I guess the surprise would be to see him remain a fixture out there if we have some speedier replacements in the OF pipeline. Love the bat, and I guess the arm is good, but more DH and perhaps 1B could be wise for him. Hays is slipping, too. Oh for the days of Finley-Anderson-Devereaux!

[emmett16]

5 hours ago, now said:

Some real suprises here...

- Gunnar so much ahead of Mullins?
- Mountcastle had been touted as faster but this seems more expected.
- Rutschman faster than Vavra? I thought Vavra was a speedster.
- Santander pretty low for RF!

Gunnar rolls. 

[emmett16]

I'll be curious to see Westburg sprint speeds.  He's sneaky fast for a big dude. 

[MurphDogg]

Yeah, Gunnar definitely picked up speed since high school. It was a point of discussion both before and after his promotion last year, I remember timing his triples last year.

[Frobby]

8 hours ago, now said:

Some real suprises here...

- Gunnar so much ahead of Mullins?
- Mountcastle had been touted as faster but this seems more expected.
- Rutschman faster than Vavra? I thought Vavra was a speedster.
- Santander pretty low for RF!

Mountcastle was down from 28.1 ft/sec (75th percentile) in 2021 to 27.5 (53rd) last year.  

Tony had Vavra with 50 speed, Rutschman 45.  Fangraphs’ Longenhagen had it 55-40.   So you’re right, that’s a surprise.  We’ll see if it sticks.   
 

[yark14]

8 hours ago, emmett16 said:

I'll be curious to see Westburg sprint speeds.  He's sneaky fast for a big dude. 

Probably below Mullins but above Hays.

[Yossarian]

Is Lewin Diaz an amputee?

[sportsfan8703]

On 1/22/2023 at 9:32 PM, wildcard said:

This is from Baseball Savant for 2022 Percentile Ranking for Sprint Speed:

99   Jorge Mateo

94  Ryan McKenna

91   Gunnar Henderson

84  Franchy Cordero

82  Daz Cameron

80  Cedric Mullins

61  Austin Hays

53  Ryan Mountcastle

48 Ryan O'Hearn

47  Adley Rutschman

45  Terrin Vavra

43  Kyle Stowers

37  Adam Frazier

35  Ramon Urias

30  Anthony Santander

27  Nomar Mazara

22   James McCann

5   Lewin Diaz

I knew Gunnar could run but I did not know he was that fast.

 

Gunnar at 91 is kind of sneaky. I think we sleep on his athleticism because he was projected to not be here yet, and to be a 3B. 

[wildcard]

Gunnar thinks he is a SS.