BOSTON
In the parlance of baseball scouts, Royals rookie second baseman Raul Mondesi has “80” speed, or at least something close. This is based on the traditional 20-to-80 scouting scale, which means that, by definition, Mondesi should profile as one of the fastest players in the game.
In some ways, of course, the “80” tag can be elusive and nebulous, maybe even a little antiquated. In the age of Statcast and advanced metrics and electronic timing, speed can be measured to the millisecond. So what exactly does “80” speed look like anyway?
Maybe there is no way to know exactly.