With Super Bowl LI in the rear view, we inch closer to Yankees baseball. The 2017 season figures to be one of transition. Young players will have an extended opportunity to demonstrate their talents. Power, hard contact, and quality defense will be on full display. One skill set that could be notably absent, however, is speed.
There’s a notion that with youth comes speed. As players age, they tend to lose some of those fast-twitch muscles. Carlos Beltran went from a perennial 20/20 threat with the Royals to practically immobile in the Bronx.