The Arkansas commit is an explosive athlete that burned a 6.62 in the 60-yard dash, then showcased a sizzler of an arm, 90 mph across the infield and 95 . Hard to see a difference with the naked eye, right? of his glove and to the base on a stolen base or pickoff If anyone needs a change of scenery in order to maximize his talent, Bryan Reynolds is that guy. But its also clear that it doesn't work for other positions. In fact, if we look at the 16 fielders who had enough throws to qualify at both second base and shortstop this year, plus Story, and look at their comparisons on both sides of the bag every single one had a harder average throw from the left side than the right side, by an average of 5.3 mph. As MLB.com Toms Tango has detailed, when looking at players who have played multiple positions, outfielders consistently throw about 3 mph higher than themselves at shortstop and third, 7 mph higher than at second, and 10 mph than they are at first base. Statcast position player arm strength metrics are available beginning with the 2020 season. How hard, in miles per hour, a fielder throws the ball. How much spin, in revolutions per minute, a pitch was One answer to that is in the context of his new position; 76 mph is one of the weakest marks of any regular second baseman. The best outfield arm of the 80's, Barfield led the league in outfield assists five times, including three years straight from 1985 through 1987. While the outfielders are chewing grass and staring at the girl behind the dugout, infielders have. The biggest downside is that he most likely does not have OF eligibility in your league, so make sure your UTIL slot is free for him. Anything below 88mph is considered 0. A finger injury derailed his season, but he finished the year strong. the fastest reactions and most direct routes in the His 10 hardest throws of the season are as an outfielder, and his 20 hardest throws are at positions other than second base. Steven Kwan put together a 5.5-WAR debut season with an old school game built on contact ability, speed and defense. With everyday playing time, 2023 could be a big year of growth for the 24-year-old. Dave Winfield's throwing arm was so powerful that simply warming up in the outfield was a dangerous proposition. The 21-year-old earned an All-Star selection, won Silver Slugger honors, finished seventh in AL MVP voting, and easily took home the AL Rookie of the Year Award. The "Free Kyle Tucker" movement didn't garner the momentum fantasy managers were hoping for as he continued to bat in the sixth spot way too often. The 27-year-old is miscast as a center fielder (-14 DRS, -3.2 UZR/150) and that undercut his overall value a bit. After injuries limited him to just 78 games in his first season with the Blue Jays, Springer bounced back with a 131 OPS+ in 133 games while earning his fourth career All-Star selection. He falls into the "walk year" category, so he might outperform his projections. He is currently going in the 180s and has enough RBI upside to take a flier on him at that ADP. Julks was solid in 2021 but had a breakout season in 2022. The speedy Reynolds headed full steam towards third as Jackson played the ball on the warning track. That was by far the best throw I've ever seen in 10 or 11 seasons. thrown with. attempt. play. From 2000 through 2004, Edmonds tallied at least 10 assists a season, and he finished with 131 for his career. Guys who could throw, suddenly can't throw. The 30-year-old posted a 136 OPS+ with 40 doubles, 35 home runs, 82 RBI and an NL-leading 117 runs scored in 142 games. His 10 hardest non-relay/pivot throws on the right side of the infield average 75.7 mph, maxing out at 78.2 mph. . Upon his arrival in Detroit, Colavito's arm was so good that it pushed another member of this list, Al Kaline, to center field for the 1960 season. It's baffling why baserunners still try and advance on Jeff Francoeur. in "feet per second in a player's fastest one-second Remember though that depth of. His ratios were down across the board, but he improved his K% and BB% and suffered from some bad luck with BABIP. In 118 games, he slashed .292/.347/.468, buoying the ratios for fantasy managers in roto leagues. The Major League average Pop Time on steal attempts of second base is 2.0 seconds . Statcast defines a 'hard-hit ball' as one hit with an Palm Beach, Fla - It's early, but with each passing day Jordan Walker 's case to break camp with the Cardinals major league team gets stronger. Buhner also played solid defense in right field and his cannon of a throwing arm gunned down 100 baserunners, including 48 from 1991 through the strike-shortened season of 1994. Statcast refers to the spin that contributes to movement the ERA scale, A measurement of a player's top running speed, expressed Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if we still had markakis in RF, but this is surprising. Let's freeze the play to show you exactly what we mean: If you check out the pop time leaderboards, the gap between absolute best and dead last is just 0.28 seconds. Theres a lot of lobs and non-competitive throws. He played parts of three seasons in the majors for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies, recording 10 assists in 70 games. In 2020, his average on competitive throws was 86.6 mph, an almost exactly-average number. No, I'm a California resident looking for the California Consumer Privacy Act form. His Statcast suggests a propensity to strike out but every other metric is promising for Ward to be a solid roster add, especially in leagues with five outfielders. one base to another, like Home To First. Expected Weighted On-base Average (xwOBA), 1B -- average of top 1% of throws -- minimum 100 throws to qualify, 2B/SS/3B -- average of top 5% of throws -- minimum 75 throws to qualify, OF -- average of top 10% of throws -- minimum 50 throws to qualify. On the home-to-first leaderboards, the same gap -- between truly elite speed and a catcher with bad knees -- is all of 1.23 seconds. Another outfield prospect the Cardinals traded away before he broke out, Garca had a 31-homer rookie season in 2021, but he was a more well-rounded offensive player this season. On Aug. 21, Giants veteran Evan Longoria had to do the exact same thing, to make a throw of 100 feet from third to first. Showcasing the Arm Younger players rarely have the opportunity to play in stadiums where statcast tracks their every move. When you measure a pitchers average fastball velocity, its simple. Seiya Suzuki arrived to MLB and kicked off his career in the States with a bang, hitting four HR and getting on base at a .398 clip. one base to another, like Home To First. The No. Who would have guessed an under-the-radar rookie who didn't crack Baseball America's Top 100 prospect list and ranked as the No. From 1949 through 1956, Snider threw out 82 baserunners. Andre Dawson epitomized the tern "five tool player" for more than a decade before 12 knee surgeries and age began to take their toll. But at the end of the day, fantasy managers are drafting him for his elite speed and ability to steal bases, a skill that may get even better depending on how the new baserunning rules play out. Solid . Laureano is looking to bounce back after a rough 2020 season in which he hit just .213 with a .704 OPS. and, on certain types of batted balls, Sprint Speed. become a hit. xBA measures the likelihood that a batted ball will Not only was it probably the better part of 300 feet, it was dead on line and in the air the whole way.". Outfielder Jump. But thats hardly true for position players, where you might sometimes be throwing at your maximum effort (heres Julio Rodrguez with a 99.6 mph cannon to nail a runner at third base) and sometimes you are absolutely not (heres Rodrguez with a 21.6 mph [!] How much time, in seconds, it takes a runner to get from 27 prospect in the Cleveland organization would finish as one of the 10 best outfielders in baseball? Arm Strength (ARM) Definition Arm Strength is defined as the maximum velocity of any throw made by a fielder -- with the max velocity always being at the release point, due to physics. 25 attempts). Van Slyke would finish his career with five Gold Gloves and 107 assists. Given that there is no rulebook definition of "a throw where the player is trying hard," and many non-competitive lobs are captured, we have elected to take the average of the top portion of a player's throws. Statcast defines a 'hard-hit ball' as one hit with an How hard, in miles per hour, a pitch is thrown. Just like the regular-season rankings, past production and future expectations played no part in deciding the orderthis is simply a rundown of the best and brightest of 2022. This Eaton is a speedy infielder who seems more useful in the outfield, where he can leverage his range and strong arm into GIF-worthy plays. Arm: RH. Mike Trout unleashed a throw from center field Monday night at Dodger Stadium that looked more . He is a top OBP guy and his ratios have one of the highest floors in baseball. He finished his career with one Gold Glove award and 117 assists, largely in part to the fact that nobody was crazy enough to try running on him after awhile. Heres Astros outfielders, since 2020. One such metric is the number of outfield assists a player has recorded in their career. How much time, in seconds, it takes a runner to get from attempt. raw numbers and as a measurement against average. Week 1- First Day. 3. Whether or not you draft Luis Robert depends entirely on how risk-averse you are to injuries. a batted-ball event with a launch angle between eight OF-95 mph. But all-in-all, the players on this list had an incredible combination of all those skills, making them more likely to throw straight for the base that the play was at rather then hitting the cutoff man. Opponents quickly learned that they couldn't run on Geronimo and they stopped trying, which explains his 81 career assists, one of the lower totals of those on our list. His OBP was the second-lowest of his career at .323, but his xwOBA was .375, so hopefully, some improvement is in the cards for 2023. All rights reserved. After all the hype over Cruzs 97.8 mph dart in July that stands as the fastest throw on an infield assist Statcast has tracked, hed better be atop a list like this, and he is, by a pretty large 4 mph gap over Cincinnati's Jos Barrero. A 12-time Gold Glove winner, 10-time All-Star and the 1966 National League MVP, Roberto Clemente was the prototype for a five-tool player. pitch. Outs Above Average Leaderboard Current: Outs Above Average Outs Above Average (OAA) is the cumulative effect of all individual plays a fielder has been credited or debited with, making it a range-based metric of fielding skill that accounts for the number of plays made and the difficulty of them. The 27-year-old struck out 156 times in 586 at-bats while drawing only 46 free passes; if you believe it, these were improved numbers from 2021. Escape Velocity takes the average of a player's batted ball velocities subtracted from 88. 7) Al. On Sept. 14, Orioles rookie Gunnar Henderson had to make a 100-ft throw from third to first. Corey Julks. (He has 14 harder throws from the right side, though obviously in far more opportunities. Here are the players who just missed the cut, listed alphabetically: Ronald Acua Jr., ATLMark Canha, NYMDylan Carlson, STLOscar Gonzalez, CLENick Gordon, MINTrent Grisham, SDLourdes Gurriel Jr., TORAustin Hays, BALTeoscar Hernndez, TORJake McCarthy, ARIChas McCormick, HOUChristopher Morel, CHCLars Nootbaar, STLJurickson Profar, SDLuis Robert, CWSAnthony Santander, BALMyles Straw, CLESeiya Suzuki, CHCMichael A. Taylor, KCTyrone Taylor, MILLane Thomas, WASTrayce Thompson, SD/LADAlex Verdugo, BOSMike Yastrzemski, SFChristian Yelich, MIL. Some of them might just have weak arms, which is why they're at first base in the first place. His sophomore campaign should be a boon to fantasy teams, and he will come at a discount. It's the first time he's hit the cutoff man. In order to account for that, outfielders receive the average of their top 10% hardest throws as a seasonal average. Known primarily as a right fielder, a position he played for 1,283 games, Dawson patrolled center for the Montreal Expos in more than 1,000 games as well. You know what you're getting. A batted ball with the perfect combination of exit A lot of his fantasy worth is tied up in whether or not he continues to bat at the top of the lineup. The volume just hasn't been there to truly be a fantasy stud. the fastest reactions and most direct routes in the Exit Velocity & Barrels. It only continues to get better, as about half of these prospects below have a good shot to earn consistent playing time this upcoming season. For a pitcher it is the average of his softest 50% of batted balls allowed. For a batter, Best Speed is an average of 50% of his hardest hit balls. window.". A seven-time All-Star who won only one Gold Glove award, Reggie Smith had one of the great throwing arms of the 1970's. and 32 degrees. There may be many ways to arrive at a logical ranking of outfield throwing arms, but assists minus double plays is telling. Fantasy managers can expect a course correction in 2023, somewhere in the vicinity of 30+ HR, 110+ RBI, and an elite .400+ OBP. The four-category stud is worth a first-round pick. These are available back to 2020, that being when Hawk-Eye was installed in all 30 stadiums as the hardware that powers Statcast. The 31-year-old hits the ball hard, in the 90th percentile in HardHit% and maxEV, and his BB% is a stellar 13.1%. 15. Its been well over a year since his last 80 mph+ throw, much of which he spent at shortstop; Arizonas Ketel Marte, comparatively, has six such throws just this month. Headlined by three MVPs, our list of the best corner outfielders is a who's who of top-tier talent in Major League Baseball. He is projected as a 15/15 outfielder and worth a look in the double-digit rounds. He has power to all fields, bats in the middle of a World Champion lineup, and will protect your ratios in traditional 5x5 leagues and those with advanced categories. Therein lies the problem, of course. Some, though, might just not have had the opportunity elsewhere to show it. How fast, in miles per hour, a ball was hit by a batter. Let's meet the 40 players who had the best outfield arms in the history of the game. How quickly, in seconds, a catcher can get the ball out Five years later, Acua is a three-time All-Star, a Rookie of the Year Award winner, and a World Series winner. Infielders have less time to throw shorter distances. pitch. Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst, who both played and managed against Roberto Clemente, gave Whiten's throwing arm the ultimate compliment: "As far as arm strength goes . He might be an empty batting average/OBP player, though, so don't expect much more than 15 HR if you pick him. No one, I mean no one, runs on him.". With the addition of Xander Bogaerts, the return of Fernando Tatis, Jr., and the presence of Manny Machado, this is a real-life team you want multiple pieces of in fantasy. The 28-year-old is capable of making a greater impact in half a season than most players can in a full 162 games, and he racked up 4.0 WAR and 44 extra-base hits in 92 games this year while earning his first All-Star selection. He only played in 119 games due to a rare and persistent back injury that will require more rest days going forward, even when healthy. Interval Throwing Program for Outfield / PositionPlayers. Schwarber batted leadoff for the vast majority of the season, but the acquisition of Trea Turner will most likely move him down in the order. Rojas is the club's fourth-ranked prospect, and with a bit of fine-tuning. Speaker refused, worked like a maniac to rehab the arm, and not only went on to become a Hall of Fame player and one of the greatest center fielders to ever play the game, but to have one of the best throwing arms that the game has ever seen. MLB.com lists Ramon Laureano (average 94.8, top 100.1) and Cody Bellinger (101.1 top) as two outfielders with some of the best arms in the league.