Jose Siri is very, very fast.
Baseball Savant ranks Siri in the 98th percentile in sprint speed amongst all MLB players. Yet despite having this blazing speed, it’s always seemed like the speedy outfielder was capable of more on the basepaths.
Siri recorded just 12 stolen bases on 15 attempts in 2023. In terms of advanced statistics, using Fangraphs’ BsR, a run value statistic where 0 is league average, Siri’s 3.5 ranked him just 35th in MLB in 2023.
These numbers are certainly not bad; however, it’s hard not to wonder what would happen if Siri turned his baserunning aggression to the max.