StaTuesday: More proof Twins’ Buxton is among baseball’s fastest

The eye test is enough.

Byron Buxton is fast.

Whether he’s running full-tilt through center field or coaxing a throwing error out of a scrambling infield, Twins fans have long pegged Buxton as one of the speediest players in the big leagues.

Thanks to MLB’s Statcast, they now have proof.

Statcast introduced Sprint Speed back in April, a metric described by MLB.com in the following terms: “How many feet per second did a player run in his fastest one-second window?”

The original rollout of Sprint Speed only tracked outfielders, and then only on defense.

As of the system’s latest update, we now have a more complete picture of Buxton’s speed relative to the rest of the league.

Statcast tracked Buxton…