exit velocity of 95 mph or higher. and, on certain types of batted balls, Sprint Speed. Mike Trout missed 30 games at midseason with a back issue and still finished eighth in AL MVP voting while taking home his eighth Silver Slugger Award. . Steven Kwan put together a 5.5-WAR debut season with an old school game built on contact ability, speed and defense. It's the first time he's hit the cutoff man.". In a down season by his own lofty standards, Juan Soto was still one of the most productive offensive players in the game. The movement of a pitch is defined in inches, both in With everyday playing time, 2023 could be a big year of growth for the 24-year-old. His 10 hardest throws of the season are as an outfielder, and his 20 hardest throws are at positions other than second base. Three times he registered 20 or more assists in a season. A 10-time Gold Glove winner, opponents learned very quickly that the explosive throws he had a reputation for making in Japan were very much a reality, and they generally wouldn't even think about running when Ichiro had the ball in his hand. Throughout the year, we released monthly updates to our position-by-position power rankings, selecting the top 10 players at each spot. A 10-time Gold Glove winner, Kaline finished his career with 170 career assists. player has saved over his peers. The best player at the position was Ronald Acuna (.280 with 127 runs, 41 home runs, 101 RBI, and 37 steals . Yet every year on draft day, there he sits in the ninth or tenth round, and every year we all imagine what an absolute steal that would be if he were to play 140+ games. Guerrero currently ranks fifth on the active list for outfield assists. Seven times in his 23-year-career Yaz won a Gold Glove, and seven times he led outfielders in assists, including a career-high 19 in 1964. Pop Time to 2B: 1.6 sec to 2.5 sec Pop Time to 3B: 1.2 sec to 2.5 sec Exchange: .4 sec to 1.3 sec Daulton Varsho - 4.6 fWAR. Signed to a four-year, $79 million deal during the offseason, Schwarber slugged an NL-leading 46 home runs in his first season with the Phillies. window") of the runner is at least 30 ft/sec. The 26-year-old and his new found power led the Astros system with 31 HR in 130 games, all coming in Triple-A. time of a pitcher's first movement or pitch release. Remembered more for his involvement in the Black Sox Scandal and alleged throwing of the 1919 World Series, Jackson routinely picked off baserunners from the outfield, racking up 183 career assists, including 90 in a three-year span from 1911 through 1913. His 126 career assists include six consecutive seasons of 10 or more, from 1999 through 2004. Non-first base infielders get the average of the top 5% of their throws. What is not of concern are the 81 games he gets to play at Yankee Stadium this year and each one after until 2031, thanks to his 9-year, $360 million free-agent contract. He was named the MVP of the 1964 All-Star Game, best remembered for his three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth off Dick Radatz that gave the National League a 7-4 victory. Flexibility, mechanics and total-body strength are key factors coaches and trainers stress in order to increase arm strength. As for Vlad, well he only had 13,000 innings. A .230/.305/.388 career hitter in 534 plate appearances entering the 2022 season, Ward was one of the year's biggest surprises. Week 1- First Day. pitch. 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. In his fourth year in the league, Randy Arozarena hit 20 HR, knocking in 89 and scoring 72 while stealing 32 bases. How quickly, in seconds, a catcher can get the ball out His arm was so impressive that Expos manager Dick Williams is said to have compared it to Roberto Clemente's, a bold statement to say the least. He filled up the stat sheet with 22 doubles, 25 home runs, 76 RBI, 89 runs scored and 14 steals while playing his usual solid defender in center field in a 4.0-WAR campaign. That "throwing hard" is rarely a demand of the position is somewhat reflected in the leaderboards, which has many first basemen near the bottom. Christian Yelich played in 154 games in 2022, his highest total since his last year in Miami in 2017. Based on three separate categories (Release, Strength and Accuracy) here are the owners of the top outfield in 2005 according to the fans: Top-Ranked Outfield Arms, Fans' Scouting Report 1. 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. Yordan lvarez actually played more games at designated hitter (77) than he did in the outfield (56), but since there are not enough everyday DHs for us to do a top 25 list for that position, he's being included here alongside the rest of the league's best outfielders. Statcast refers to the spin that contributes to movement Reynolds hit 27 HR and slashed .262/.345/.461 and yet scored 74 runs and knocked in only 62. Average times are calculated with the following ranges. . The Venezuela native surged three levels in his age-18 season, showing off plus power and 70-grade speed on his way to becoming the No. A range-based metric of skill that shows how many outs a xwOBA is formulated using exit velocity, launch angle Hes also No. the fastest reactions and most direct routes in the Arm strength is measured on "max effort" throws, or the average above a player's 90th percentile performance. These should correct to be nearer to his baseline, in which case fantasy managers are drafting a 30/20 guy with high on-base skills who bats smack in the middle of what is, essentially, an All-Star team. Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies. How much time, in seconds, it takes a runner to get from How high/low, in degrees, a ball was hit by a batter. Escape Velocity takes the average of a player's batted ball velocities subtracted from 88. How hard, in miles per hour, a pitch is thrown. Home Run record with 62, scoring 133 runs, driving in 131, and stealing 16 bases to boot. A three-time All-Star, Johnny Callison terrorized baserunners from right field for more than a decade. The 28-year-old is too talented to leave on the board, so fantasy managers can draft him and send a quick wish into the universe that he plays basically anywhere else in 2023. Meanwhile, Boston's Bobby Dalbec currently shows up with a 74.8 average as a first baseman, but he's got plenty of throws north of 80 mph as a third baseman (and, once, a shortstop). He hit 16 homers, his most since 2019, but he only stole 18 bases, a severe drop off from the 47 he snagged the year before. Some, though, might just not have had the opportunity elsewhere to show it. For a pitcher it is the average of his softest 50% of batted balls allowed. Bob Forsch, a teammate of his with the Cardinals, remembered Reggie's arm: "It was FUN being on the same team as he was. In three seasons, he only has 924 plate appearances, and fantasy managers have been left to wonder what it would look like if he got 600 appearances in one season. It's been said that the Indians have been cursed ever since they traded Colavito to the Detroit Tigers in 1960, getting Harvey Kuenn in return. The four-category stud is worth a first-round pick. Before last season, the fantasy community almost unanimously labeled him a second-year bust, but the 29-year-old responded by improving his slash line across the board. Over a 17-year career that was spent primarily with the Montreal Expos and Colorado Rockies, Walker picked up 154 assists, including eight seasons with 10 or more. the fastest reactions and most direct routes in the It is difficult to project significant development in outfielders' arm strength, but with a player with Buxton's athleticism, anything is possible. Had he only been able to stay healthy, we could be talking about the greatest player in the history of the gamebefore he got injured, there was no better player in the game. I Suzuki 2. While Game 6 of the 1975 World Series is best remembered for Carlton Fisk's dramatic, game-winning and series-extending home run in the bottom of the 12th inning, Evans was responsible for turning a double play in the top of the 11th inning that made Fisk's heroics possible. Heres all of 2022s Braves. Amed Rosario's numbers in 2022 looked quite similar to the ones from 2021. Not that his arm is weak by any means but it is not his strongest point.". 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. At. For as powerful as Winfield's arm was, it wasn't the most accurate, as Yankees manager Billy Martin opined after the seagull incident: "They say he hit the gull on purpose, They wouldn't say that if they'd seen the throws he'd been making all year. He was one of only two qualified hitters with a strikeout rate below 10 percent, and he also won Gold Glove honors thanks to his brilliant defensive metrics (21 DRS, 8.4 UZR/150) in left field. 2 spot in the lineup between NL batting title winner Jeff McNeil and the one-two punch of Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso. That's an average of like 5000 fewer innings than the people ahead of him on the list. Statcast refers to the spin that contributes to movement He contributed across all batting categories, slugging 28 HR with 75 RBI, 84 runs, and 25 stolen bases. Just beware that his numbers might look much closer to 2021 than 2022. primarily for the Cleveland Indians. raw numbers and as a measurement against average. No longer an everyday playernor having as strong and accurate an arm as he had in his primeAbreu forces baserunners to show him respect and think twice before running on him. Other bad news includes a Statcast page that is almost entirely blue, meaning he was ineffective in almost every meaningful statistical category during his first season in Philadelphia. Statcast Outfielder Jump Leaderboard | baseballsavant.com Outfielder Jump Leaderboard Current: Outfielder Jump 2022 Minimum Attempts (Q) Update Download CSV Jump is calculated only on plays that are Two Stars or harder, meaning with a 90% Catch Probability or lower. A good example of this is Cubs rookie Christopher Morel, who has a 96.5 mph competitive average as an outfielder -- maxing out at 102.3 mph -- and a 90.4 mph competitive average as a second baseman, maxing out at 90.9 mph. as Active Spin. One of the greatest defensive centerfielders to play the game, Jim Edmonds played with a reckless abandon, often launching his body into the air or wall to make a catch. one base to another, like Home To First. The No. After accumulating 35 assists in his first two seasons, baserunners simply chose not to try and advance when Puckett had the ball in his hand. In 1985 alone, Barfield doubled up eight runners, to go with his 133 . window.". I thought he (Van Slyke) had no chance, to be honest with you," said Pirates manager Jim Leyland after the game. Mar 22, 2021. The tools are all there: Robert has good speed, reduced his strikeout rate in 2022, and his expected slash numbers will be helpful to fantasy squads. Or is it because players with weaker arms are less likely to be allowed to play the left side in the first place? He hit 11 homers, stole 18 bases, and slashed .283/.312/.403 in 153 games. Traded shortstop Adalberto Mondesi to the Red Sox for pitcher Josh Taylor. Right here, at the Baseball Savant leaderboards, as well as on appropriate player pages. It's baffling why baserunners still try and advance on Jeff Francoeur. His 6.4 WAR marked the sixth time in nine MLB seasons that he's been a 6-WAR player, and he finished fifth in NL MVP voting, one spot behind teammate Freddie Freeman. produces a result. Statcast defines a 'hard-hit ball' as one hit with an Glen Gorbous might actually have the greatest throwing arm in the history of the world, but because his incredible feats were primarily accomplished outside of game action, he finds himself closer to the bottom of the list. ), But the counterbalance to that is looking at a handful of infielders who have played on both sides of the bag just this season. By Geoff Pontes. Hes also, so far as Statcast is concerned, the owner of the strongest throwing arm in baseball this season -- or at least thats what being atop the newly released arm strength leaderboards for position players, available publicly for the first time, would imply. Few rookies in recent memory have had a greater impact on the culture of their team than Julio Rodrguez, who played a pivotal role in helping the Seattle Mariners reach the postseason for the first time since Ichiro Suzuki's rookie season in 2001. Sure but mostly on relays home from the outfield, or sometimes on double play attempts. Steven Kwan was hard for fantasy managers to believe in last season, but he ended up being the 16th-ranked outfielder in 5x5 leagues when it was all said and done. A Bolt is any run where the Sprint Speed (defined as A Batted Ball Event represents any batted ball that Strength is only one aspect of what makes a great throwing arm. A Batted Ball Event represents any batted ball that velocity and launch angle. The 25-year-old ranks in the 100th percentile in average EV, HardHit%, xwOBA, xBA, xSLG, and Barrel% while coming in the 99th percentile in MaxEV. Even with his torn UCL last season, he still slashed .286/.364/.514 and powered the Phillies to the World Series. Brandon Nimmo was a 5-WAR player for the first time in his career in 2022, just in time to test the free agency waters. Van Slyke unleashed a throw to Pirates catcher Mike LaValliere that arrived in time to nail Oquendo, who was blocked from the plate by LaValliere's left leg long enough for the catcher to apply the tag. 1 spot on this list for years to come. He missed time in the middle of the season with a finger injury he incurred while stealing a base, or he would have probably joined the 30/30 Club. Another year, another pile of accolades for Mookie Betts who won his fifth Silver Slugger, sixth Gold Glove and made his sixth trip to the All-Star Game in the third season of a 12-year, $365 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Vaughn has underestimated power and maintains a good batting average. 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. However, he took it to another level Friday night when he unleashed a pair of critical outfield assists. How far off the mound, in feet, a pitcher releases the Daulton Vasho has catcher eligibility, which is one of the primary draws to him being drafted in the 40-50 range. Acuna should return to his former self with the extra time post-surgery. It's not natural. Or he could clog your IL for two-thirds of the season. Not all was lost, though, as the 27-year-old showed off more of his speed, stealing 14 bases, which was only one less than his 2021 total. In 2022, the 28-year-old ranked in the 98th percentile in outfielder jump and 97th percentile in arm strength, filling out the mold for a complete defensive outfielder. When you walk around calling yourself "El Caon" (translation: the cannon) and you tell Maryann Hudson of the LA Times, "I don't know why they keep running on methey know I'm going to throw them out"only a month into your rookie seasonyou'd better be able to back that up in the field. The biggest plus Andrew Vaughn has going this season is that Tony La Russa won't be there to block his playing time. For as powerful as his arm was, it was also prone to be erratic, and Parker committed his fair share of throwing errors, which is why he doesn't rank higher on our list. Since the demands of each position grouping are different, the averages and qualifiers are different as well. produces a result. No one, I mean no one, runs on him.". xwOBA is formulated using exit velocity, launch angle If anyone needs a change of scenery in order to maximize his talent, Bryan Reynolds is that guy. He once again tallied more walks (135) than strikeouts (96). Let them. window") of the runner is at least 30 ft/sec. With many new faces around him, there is a chance he could drop down, which would harm his value. Kaline was a master of putting himself in perfect position when a ball was hit in his direction where he would make the catch and fire the ball back into the infield in one, fluid motion. Headlined by three MVPs, our list of the best corner outfielders is a who's who of top-tier talent in Major League Baseball. pitch. Its the chicken-and-the-egg question of our times. Tyler O'Neill experienced a litany of injuries in 2022 that inhibited the power he demonstrated in 2021. With the Montreal Expos, Valentine was part of a young, talented outfield that included Warren Cromartie and Andre Dawson. His ratios were down across the board, but he improved his K% and BB% and suffered from some bad luck with BABIP. His 10.6 WAR led all of baseball, as did his ridiculous 211 OPS+ meaning he was more than twice as productive as the average hitter. player has saved over his peers. The open event saw prospects from across the state of Mississippi perform in front of several college coaches, and the Prep Baseball Report Mississippi scouting staff. He is exactly the type of guy you wait for once you've built up your other categories. He should also get to move back to the infield and play 1B now that Jose Abreu is in Houston. the ERA scale, A measurement of a player's top running speed, expressed window.". And I'm talking about strong arms, not merely accurate ones. In 2022, thats down again, to 76 mph. Remember though that depth of. Someone in your league will reach for him during the draft. Anything below 88mph is considered 0. MLB Advanced Media, LP. He is a pure contact hitter who gets on base and isn't afraid to run (19-for-24 in SB attempts). 8 prospect in the game. xERA is a simple 1:1 translation of xwOBA, converted to 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.