David Ortiz' Speed

[Kodii Rockets]

Re: David Ortiz' Speed

Perhaps this is a bit more practical - full sprint to first beating out a throw (watch the very end for the Home to 1st timing - it's 4.77)

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Edit: Wow, that's tough to see...here's the regular page where it's much clearer:

http://m.mlb.com/video/v639574583/ny...e/?query=Ortiz

Papi with the WHEELS!

That's painful to watch man.

[KBLover]

Re: David Ortiz' Speed

You could just increase your base runners slider, that will keep all the players speed correct in relation to each other. I read where the average MLB player takes 4.2 to 4.3 to go from home to first. I don't remember who I used, but his speed rating was 49 and he went from crack of the bat to first in 4.3 seconds. He was a right handed batter.

Yeah, here's a scale I found:

Home to 1b left handed batter
LHB
80 - 3.9
70 - 4.0
60 - 4.1
50 - 4.2
40 - 4.3
30 - 4.4
20 - 4.5

home to 1b right handed batter RHB
80 - 4.0
70 - 4.1
60 - 4.2
50 - 4.3
40 - 4.4
30 - 4.5
20 - 4.6


The question is how to time this (should I just use replay and put a stopwatch on it), and how to relate the 20-80 scale to the 0-99 scale.

[bcruise]

Re: David Ortiz' Speed

Papi with the WHEELS!

That's painful to watch man.

I sure as hell wouldn't want to be Teixeira with that barreling towards me (even though he's no small fry himself).

[KBLover]

Re: David Ortiz' Speed

I sure as hell wouldn't want to be Teixeira with that barreling towards me (even though he's no small fry himself).

Imagine being a 2B/SS and he's coming to try to break up the DP?

The feed throw better get there quick...

[RogueHominid]

Re: David Ortiz' Speed

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I love A-Gon, but his lack of speed is so frustrating on infield hits. I can't imagine how painful it must be to watch someone even slower!

[KBLover]

Re: David Ortiz' Speed

Perhaps this is a bit more practical - full sprint to first beating out a throw (watch the very end for the Home to 1st timing - it's 4.77)

It wasn't Ortiz but Duda just made this play on me. He pushed a jam shot against the shift and my 3B tried to make that same throw and Duda beat it.

It was eeriely like this video. That's creepy.

Edit: Took 3 times and averaged them and got about 4.58 sec. home-to-first. He has 39 SPD with Baserunner speed slider at 2. I'll try to get the video after the game - looks like that's way too slow given the scale above but he beat throw by plenty.

[KBLover]

Re: David Ortiz' Speed

Yeah, going to have to re-evaluate my using low baserunner speed. I timed Mateo (and looked up how scout do it) home-to-first and he got 4.18. That's not bad for a RHB, but he has 97 speed...