Suárez Wild Pitch Scoring Lab: 2nd Base to Home Mechanics

Diamond Physics Laboratory

MLB STATCAST™ ENGINE

Runner Peak Sprint Speed: 27.2 ft/s

Suárez career average is ~27.2 ft/s (MLB average: 27.0 ft/s, Elite: 30+ ft/s).

Primary Lead Distance off 2B: 18.5 ft

Jump / Pitch Read Reaction Delay: 0.25 s

Time taken to recognize wild pitch and initiate full secondary acceleration.

3rd Base Turn Efficiency (Speed Retained): 92%

Tight banana-route curving around the bag without breaking stride.

Safe / Out Margin +0.18s Suárez beats pitcher tag by 180 ms

Runner Distance 171.8 ft Lead subtracted + banana curve flare

Catcher Travel Dist 42.4 ft Distance from home to carom stop

Throw Flight Duration 0.37 s Catcher backstop release to plate

🏃 Runner Total (2B to Home) 5.42s

🧤 Defensive Recovery & Tag 5.60s

Statcast Anatomy: Eugenio Suárez read the wild pitch the instant it spiked past the catcher. Instead of pulling up at 3rd base, his wide, aggressive banana turn allowed him to maintain 92% speed retention. By the time the catcher gathered the erratic carom and threw back to the pitcher covering home, Suárez's headfirst slide snuck under the sweeping tag.