Speed Kills (1 Viewer)

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BP has a free article where Fox has set up a methodology to quantify the value of speed

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=463

Interesting stuff. The top 10 'speed' value guys are:

Name	GAOpps	EqRuns1	Grady	Sizemore	6.922	Chone	Figgins	6.33	Brian	Roberts	5.714	Marcus	Giles	5.65	Juan	Pierre	5.226	Johnny	Damon	5.067	Jason	Bartlett	4.98	Ichiro	Suzuki	4.779	Coco	Crisp	4.5910	Jimmy	Rollins	3.71

Houston is by far the worst out of MLB teams, having lost almost 14 runs due to lack of speed, with San Diego being the clear leader in runs added from speed