Cubs Quick Hits: Kris Bryant One of League’s Fastest Runners
Ed. note: We held this piece back in the wake of all the Miggy stuff yesterday, but now I can’t decide whether that ended up being good in light of Bryant’s injury or whether our innate ability to influence real-life events with our words somehow backfired.
Kris Bryant does a lot of things well. Running fast is one of them. According to StatCasts’s latest published speed results, the Cubs MVP is the fastest third baseman in MLB at 28.2 feet per second. Here’s the rest of the top-10 leaderboard.
Player | Team | Pos. | Sprint Speed (ft / sec) |
---|---|---|---|
Bryant, Kris | CHC | 3B | 28.2 |
Escobar, Eduardo | MIN | 3B | 28.0 |
Ramirez, Jose | CLE | 3B | 28.0 |
Spangenberg, Cory | SD | 3B | 27.9 |
Rutledge, Josh | BOS | 3B | 27.9 |
Castellanos, Nicholas | DET | 3B | 27.8 |
Nunez, Eduardo | SF | 3B | 27.8 |
Reyes, Jose | NYM | 3B | 27.6 |
Camargo, Johan | ATL | 3B | 27.6 |
Marrero, Deven | BOS | 3B | 27.5 |