Want to slow down Byron Buxton? Good luck

Castillo, Hardy retire Buxton You already know Byron Buxton is fast. You might already know that the Twins center fielder was the fastest player in baseball by Statcast™'s sprint speed metric in 2017.

Perhaps more impressive: Buxton took off on the bases 30 times and was caught stealing only once. A more in-depth look at his season will tell you that his 29 steals are the third most by a runner who was caught only once, behind Carlos Beltran in 2001 and Brady Anderson in 1994 (31 each). Chase Utley's 23 steals in 2009 are the most without being caught at all.

But you'll have to go to the video to realize that even on the one occasion Buxton was thrown out, he made it to second base safely --…