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Who’s the fastest Royals player? It depends on how you measure speed

Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost talks on March 27, 2019 about opening day, which he says is great for fans but he wants the team to get into their routine of playing baseball everyday. By

Over the winter, The Star posted a story about Terrance Gore and whether or not he’s the fastest player on the Royals.

These days the Royals have plenty of candidates for that title: Gore, Billy Hamilton, Adalberto Mondesi and last year’s stolen base champion, Whit Merrifield immediately come to mind.

The story on Gore quoted Statcast, and apparently last season Hamilton had the fifth-fastest sprint speed in the big leagues while Mondesi was 11th.