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Take a highschool track star and an Olympian. Have the highscooler run a 100 meter dash face forward and take an olympic track star and have him look backwards while running.
The highschool track star smokes the olympian 10 times out of 10 under those circumstances.
I think Gut's greatest asset defensively is his ability to predict where the ball is going to fall, make a quick judgement, and run STAIGHT to the that spot with minimal ball tracking (hes a master of not looking at the ball as much as possible).
Making speed the only factor in defense is oversimplification IMO. Even Bill James argued that speed was overrated in defense (though very important). Skill and instincts are a large factor.
Andruw Jones could have an argument as being the best CF of all time and he was never one of the fastest guys in the league.