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I think for you its all about raw speed or power lol. And these are shortcomings in your way of thinking...
As we have discussed about aging Jr. you always bring up the power or bat speeed. You just neglect  other important things like sweetspot of the bat.
Here you bring the speed in OF defense.
Yes its nice to have speed.
But there are far more important things for defense in outfield.
And you even don't need a envelope to calculate it...
Here some very raw data:
Top speed runners in MLB are 6.1 sec for 60m.
A not so speedy MLB runner would be about 3m or 10 feet behind, he will make 60m in 6.4sec.
So lets assume about 3 feet per 0.1sec when OF is at top speed.
Now how is the reaction time of a OF who can judge well like Ichito or Guts.
At contact to bat (time=0.0sec) he will see the swing and the ball rise.
At time=0.2 he will here the sound of the bat. (with sound and the ball rising he estimate where it lands.) maybe 0.2 reaction time and he will have the first step at 0.4sec.
Thtats how Ichiro or Guts react.
Ibanez had good feel where the ball lands but his reaction time was a bit slower. may be 0.3sec or 0.4sec.
So his first step to the right direction was 0.5 or 0.6sec.
How was the NYY OF?
He react after 0.5sec but to the wrong direction.
To go to the right direction he need extra 0.5sec.
So 1sec reaction time to right direction.
On the other hand the liner or fliner land in OF after 3 to 4 sec.
So the reaction time and getting the best route is far more important than speed.
Its just envelope calculation but hope everybody understands.