It was a busy weekend. Mario Kart 8, Game of Thrones… Let’s get right to the trots!
Home Run of the Day: Kevin Kiermaier, Tampa Bay Rays – 14.92 seconds [video]
I’m cheating a little bit here since this inside-the-park home run occurred on Saturday, but it seemed too important to pass up. Kiermaier earned this home run (only the second of his career) when Boston center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. tried for an athletic catch of the ball and instead slammed into the Green Monster’s scoreboard. Bradley Jr. stayed on the ground for a long while after the collision, which allowed Kiermaier to score. Even so, the 14.29 second trot is one of the fastest inside-the-parkers since the start of the Tater Trot Tracker era, tying a 2011 trot by Carlos Gomez.
Slowest Trot: Dioner Navarro, Toronto Blue Jays – 25.22 seconds [video]
Navarro edges out a grand slam from Manny Machado for the slowest trot of the afternoon on Sunday. The weekend had slower trots, though, with Asdrubal Cabrera and Miguel Cabrera both posting 27+-second trots on Friday and Mike Aviles besting them all with his 28.51 second trot on Saturday.
Quickest Trot: Chris Heisey, Cincinnati Reds – 18.03 seconds [video]
As is usually the case on days when he clears the fences, Chris Heisey had the quickest trot of Sunday (and of the weekend, non-inside-the-park variety).
All of Today's Trots Dioner Navarro.....25.22 Ryan Ludwick.......21.2 Manny Machado......24.82 Ryan Braun.........20.83 Josh Willingham....23.39 Corey Dickerson....20.59 Paul Konerko.......23.26 Tyler Flowers......20.44 Evan Gattis........23.16 Jed Lowrie.........20.27 Matt Dominguez.....23.11 Zack Cozart........19.96 Edwin Encarnacion..22.95 David Lough........19.91 Justin Turner......22.83 Scooter Gennett....19.83 Chase Headley......22.71 Josh Harrison......19.83 Lucas Duda.........22.42 Leonys Martin......19.41 Andrew McCutchen...22 Michael Bourn......18.94 Todd Frazier.......21.74 Brad Miller........18.46 Marlon Byrd........21.39 Chris Heisey.......18.03 Marcell Ozuna......21.3 Ryan Howard........N/A Saturday's Trots Mike Aviles........28.51 Collin Cowgill.....22.42 Hanley Ramirez #1..27.47 Jose Lobaton.......22.26 Miguel Cabrera.....27 Ruben Tejada.......22.11 Hanley Ramirez #2..26.5 Oscar Taveras......21.82 Scott Hairston.....24.37 Kyle Blanks........19.58 Yoenis Cespedes....24.14 Corey Dickerson....19.47 Ryan Howard........24.01 Jackie Bradley Jr..19.36 Nelson Cruz........23.55 Anthony Rendon.....19.08 Adam LaRoche.......23.51 Brock Holt.........18.37 Lonnie Chisenhall..23.37 Kevin Kiermaier....14.29 Yangervis Solarte..22.76 Anthony Rizzo #1...N/A Charlie Blackmon...22.69 Anthony Rizzo #2...N/A Friday's Trots Asdrubal Cabrera...27.94 Ryan Braun.........21.58 Miguel Cabrera.....27.39* Ike Davis..........21.5 Victor Martinez....26.84 Jose Bautista......21.25 Domonic Brown......26.09 Giancarlo Stanton..21.06 Josh Willingham....24.33 Yonder Alonso......20.97 Cameron Maybin.....23.68 Mike Trout.........20.58 Carlos Gonzalez....23.25 Kyle Seager........20.5 Rajai Davis........23.17 Lorenzo Cain.......20.26 Alex Gordon........23.08 Hunter Pence.......20.18 Trevor Plouffe.....22.76 Josh Donaldson #2..20.15 Oswaldo Arcia......22.29 Ian Desmond........19.87 Nate Schierholtz...21.87 Devin Mesoraco #1..19.79 Devin Mesoraco #2..21.86 Brandon Moss.......19.11 Howie Kendrick.....21.76 Josh Donaldson #1..N/A
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