Top 10 Fastest Players On Red Sox's Roster By Spring Speed

The Red Sox had a few speedsters on the roster

Scott Neville | Oct 9, 2022

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The Boston Red Sox were not the most fleet of foot during the 2022 season but there were 10 players that logged above average sprint speeds.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora has pushed for more athleticism on the roster since returning to the team prior to the 2021 season, and continued to hammer the point in his end-of-season press conference when speaking on how the roster could be constructed next season.

The Red Sox did not have any of the fastest players in Major League Baseball, but did have some speed on the roster.

The average MLB sprint speed was 27 feet per second, with 30 ft/sec considered to be elite.

All data via Baseball Savant

Here are the fastest players on the Red Sox:

1. OF Jarren Duran -- 29.2 ft/sec
2. C Connor Wong -- 28.8 ft/sec
3. 1B/OF Franchy Cordero -- 28.6 ft/sec
4. 2B Trevor Story -- 28.5 ft/sec
5. INF Yu Chang -- 28.4 ft/sec
6. 1B Bobby Dalbec -- 28.3 ft/sec
7. OF Tommy Pham --27.9 ft/sec
8. SS Xander Bogaerts -- 27.9 ft/sec
9. INF/OF Christian Arroyo -- 27.8 ft/sec
10. OF Rob Refsnyder -- 27.1 ft/sec

The Red Sox do not have anyone near the top of the list of fastest sprint speeds, but three players cracked the top 100. As expected, Duran topped Boston's roster and ranked No. 40 overall.

The most surprising aspect of this list by far is the placement of catcher Connor Wong, who apparently is a legitimate speedster. Despite zero stolen bases at the MLB level (33 games) and just 32 in the minors (372 games), Wong ranked No. 70 in MLB sprint speed.

Franchy Cordero comes in at No. 96, which makes sense. The first baseman/outfielder is the baseball equivalent of a combine warrior. He's an off-the-charts specimen that doesn't have the skill to match his raw athleticism.

Trevor Story just missed the top 100, and the rest of the list is fairly standard. It's clear that Cora is begging Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom for more speed, especially with the new rules in place next season. The roster could boast a lot more speed next year.

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Published Oct 9, 2022

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu