Statcast Sprint Speeds

Saw the post about Tapia, and remembered him being quick, especially given the inside-the-park HR. Thought I’d check out his sprint speed along with other recent/current Jays (582 players total, league average is 27 ft/s):

77th – Whit Merrifield (28.8 ft/s)
85th – Kevin Kiermaier (28.8 ft/s)
116th – Raimel Tapia (28.6 ft/s)
128th – Matt Chapman (28.5 ft/s)
131st – Ernie Clement (28.4 ft/s)
572nd – Alejandro Kirk (23.6 ft/s)
576th – Rowdy Tellez (23.4 ft/s)

Have to admit I was surprised by Chapman.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sprint_speed_leaderboard