The White Sox may not be on the radar in the AL East or in the MLB as a team that could contend for the playoffs, but the team’s speed is certainly worth noticing.
Interestingly, most of the top speedsters in the MLB are not on the teams that went deep into the postseason in 2017. Many of the speediest baseball players are actually on teams loaded with youth, like the 2018 White Sox.
The speedy leaders
According to Baseball Savant’s Sprint Speed Leaderboard, the fastest player in the MLB should come as no surprise.