It’s been a couple of days, so let’s get right to the trots!
Home Run of the Day: Grady Sizemore, Tampa Bay Rays – 19.16 seconds [video]
Cleveland’s starting pitcher on Monday was Cody Anderson, a rookie making only his second career start. That didn’t stop the Cleveland hurler from taking a perfect game into the seventh inning. Thankfully for the Rays, Sizemore was there in the seventh to knock this ball over the wall and end the bid for perfection. It wasn’t enough to lead the Rays to victory, however.
We should also make a quick mention of Carlos Correa who, on Sunday, sprinted out a Little League home run. After his popfly fell between the Yankees outfielders, Correa began hustling towards home. The ball was bobbled some and Correa managed to make the turn at third and score. His trot time clocked in at 16.19 seconds, which, while fast, isn’t all that speedy for an inside-the-park home run. This is most likely a result of Correa not running hard to first base when the ball initially looked like a routine pop-up.
Corporan edges out Houston’s Jose Altuve (25.65 seconds) and his Rangers teammate Mitch Moreland (25.17 seconds) for the slowest trot of the day.
Quickest Trot: Grady Sizemore, Tampa Bay Rays – 19.16 seconds [video]
Colorado’s Charlie Blackmon was the only other slugger to notch a trot under 20-seconds on Monday.
All of Today's Trots Carlos Corporan....25.98 C.J. Cron..........22.11 Jose Altuve........25.65 Shin-Soo Choo......21.81 Mitch Moreland #2..25.17 Yan Gomes..........21.13 Ike Davis..........24.48* Mike Trout.........20.73 Joc Pederson.......23.8 Nick Ahmed.........20.7 Yasmani Grandal....23.64 Josh Reddick.......20.4 Andre Ethier.......23.6 Charlie Blackmon...19.86* Billy Butler.......23.22 Grady Sizemore.....19.16 Brian Dozier.......22.89 Salvador Perez.....N/A Chris Carter.......22.83 Mitch Moreland #1..N/A Yasmany Tomas......22.2 Sunday's Trots David Ortiz.........27.03 David Peralta.......22.3 James McCann........25.82 Ian Desmond.........21.86 Madison Bumgarner...25.5 Matt Duffy..........21.86 Salvador Perez......25.14 Jimmy Paredes.......21.75 Chris Davis.........24.77 Nolan Arenado #2....21.74 Todd Frazier........24.37 Manny Machado.......21.63 Welington Castillo..24 Nolan Arenado #1....21.42 Adam Lind...........23.7 Jake Lamb...........21.27 Melky Cabrera.......23.53 Travis Snider.......21.14 Ryan Braun..........23.34 Chris Parmelee......20.81 Josh Donaldson......23.32 Derek Norris #1.....20.38 Jeff Francoeur......23.08 Jace Peterson.......19.2 Derek Norris #2.....22.82 Kyle Seager.........18.7 Torii Hunter........22.61 Alejandro De Aza....18.26 Matt Kemp...........22.59 Jose Lobaton........N/A Brandon Crawford....22.48 Brandon Phillips....N/A Pablo Sandoval......22.31
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