Speed Ratings (Sprint Speed converted to The Show Rating) - MLB The Show 17
STATCAST SPRINT SPEED CONVERTED TO MLB THE SHOW RATING
Sprint Speed is Statcast’s foot speed metric, defined as “feet per second in a player’s fastest one-second window.” The Major League average on a "max effort" play is 27 ft/sec, and the max effort range is roughly from 23 ft/sec (poor) to 30 ft/sec (elite).
I will be updating this thread again this year like i did in 2016.
SCEA does an excellent job assigning ratings to the players and updating them on their weekly roster updates but i think they need to do something with a lot of players that are known speedsters or players that we know have good or decent speed and yet they have low or inaccurate speed ratings. I know speed is one of the toughest ratings to get right, you shouldn't use Stolen Base numbers for speed ratings because theres a lot of factors that impact SB opportunities/success (Spot in the order, player ability to read pitchers etc) for example: Since Mike Trout was moved to the 3rd spot his SB numbers have gone way down not because he is slower but because as a #3 hitter a lot of times he is going to bat in the first inning with 2 outs, another is you can't risk being thrown out with Pujols batting. Speed is something that should be measured by time, MPH, Top Speed and Acceleration (home to first, around the bases, 1st to 3rd, 60 yards etc) but as of today we don't have easy access to a reliable source, Statcast is the perfect tool let's hope they create or release charts/lists with the speed stats of MLB players.
I will be adding players based on my knowledge, scouting reports etc, they are not going to be perfect but they will be more accurate, I will be editing this post and continue to add players to the list.
Old rating/New rating:
BAL
BOS
NYY
Brett Gardner - 74/86
Gary Sanchez - (ARM RATING 77/95) Led all catchers with an avg of 87.4 mph to 2B in 2016 (41% CS)
Aaron Hicks - (ARM RATING 87/96) Owner of the hardest throw recorded by Statcast 105.5 MPH
TBR
Peter Bourjos - 75/88
TOR
Dalton Pompey - 77/86
Ezequiel Carrera - 63/85
CHW
CLE
Francisco Lindor - 74/80
Austin Jackson - 67/76
Abraham Almonte - 67/84
DET
Jose Iglesias - 70/80
KCR
Paulo Orlando - 67/87
Christian Colon - 59-75
MIN
Eddie Rosario - 62/76 (ARM RATING 59/87) #2 in Assist the past 2 years among LF
Byron Buxton - 92/98
LAA
Mike Trout - 84/89
Cameron Maybin - 67/78
Martin Maldonado - (ARM RATING 73/89)
OAK
Alejandro De Aza - 64/73
SEA
Guillermo Heredia - 64/80
TEX
HOU
Carlos Correa - 65/78 (ARM RATING 75-90) PG Record holder 97 MPH from SS
Norichika Aoki - 67/84
Teoscar Hernandez - 76/82
ATL
MIA
WAS
Anthony Rendon - 54/68
NYM
Yoenis Cespedes - 54/67
Juan Lagares - 63/76
PHI
CHC
Javier Baez - 67/74
CIN
Jose Peraza - 80/90
MIL
PIT
STL
Dexter Fowler - 67/75
Randal Grichuk - 55/70
COL
Alexi Amarista - 67/80
Trevor Story - 58/78
LAD
Trayce Thompson - 56/77
SDP
Cory Spangenberg - 63/83
Christian Bethancourt - (ARM RATING 77/94)
SFG
Kelby Tomlinson - 67/85
Speed Scale
Grade | The Show Rating
80 | 99-96 Elite
75 | 95-91 Elite
70 | 90-86 Plus Plus
65 | 85-81 Plus
60 | 80-76 Above avg
55 | 75-70 Above avg
50 | 69-63 Average
45 | 62-56 Average
40 | 55-49 Below avg
35 | 48-42 Below avg
30 | 41-31 Well below avg
25 | 30-20 Well below avg
20 | 20-0
(I'll be adding some arm edits as well)
Feel free to post the name of players (MLB or MiLB) that you think needs to be updated and i will check them and see if i can come with a better rating.