Speed never slumps: Each team’s fastest player

One of the great baseball maxims is “speed never slumps.” Sometimes hard-hit grounders don’t find a hole, sometimes line drives are right at a guy, sometimes the wind knocks down would-be homers. But speed is always there. Speed is of use everywhere, from a dribbler down the third-base line, to a ball hit into the gap, to the cascading tension of a stolen-base attempt. The game changes a little bit every year, but speed is always useful.