June 11, 2012

Tater Trot Tracker

The Weekend's Trot Times

by Larry Granillo

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I was out of town this weekend, busy watching some low-A baseball, Star Wars Night fun up in Appleton, Wisconsin. Sadly, Minnesota uber-prospect Miguel Sano didn't actually walk up to the Imperial March. He did, however, get a nice Darth Vader headshot up on the video board.

Having been away from the Tater Trot Tracker for a full weekend - a weekend where MLBers combined to hit 104 home runs, no less - here's a quick look at what happened since the weekend. Let's see those trots!

Home Run of the Day: Russell Martin, New York Yankees #2 - 20.82* seconds [video]
Martin's second home run on Sunday was far from the only walkoff shot from the weekend, but it gets Home Run of the Day notice for the celebration. Watch the video. As Martin jumps into his crowd of teammates, he lands on the plate and immediately falls (or is pulled) to the ground. It was very much shades of Kendrys Morales' injury from two years ago. Martin was fine and even mentioned that the celebration got a little out of hand. However, the Morales injury only changed teams' behaviors for about ten days, if that (and remember, I see every walkoff celebration). I don't expect the Martin celebration to make any difference whatsoever.

Slowest Trot: Alfonso Soriano, Chicago Cubs - 27.33 seconds [video]
One of three trots from Soriano this weekend. This slowest trot was on Saturday afternoon. Friday night, Soriano hit two home runs as well. The second trot that night is also the second slowest trot of the weekend at 26.37 seconds, followed by a 26.25 second trot from Jason Kipnis on Sunday and a 26.0 second trot from Jim Thome.

Quickest Trot: Everth Cabrera, San Diego Padres - 15.14 seconds [video]
The first inside the park home run in a few weeks. Cabrera was the beneficiary of a poorly timed dive by Carlos Gomez. The ball got under Gomez's glove and rolled all the way to the centerfield wall, giving Cabrera plenty of time to round the bases.

Outside of the inside the parker, the quickest trot of the weekend is actually a tie between New York Met Omar Quintanilla and Bryce Harper. They each rounded the bases in 18.03 seconds, a nice, speedy trot (though not near quick enough for the Top 10 board anymore).

All of Today's Trots

Jason Kipnis.......26.25  Colby Rasmus.......21.34
Andre Ethier.......24.93  Carlos Beltran.....20.89
Mark Trumbo #2.....24.84  Russell Martin #2..20.82*
Paul Konerko.......24.55  Devin Mesoraco.....20.65
Torii Hunter.......24.39  Andrew McCutchen...20.49
Jose Altuve........23.98* Matt Joyce.........20.44
David Ortiz........23.86  Austin Jackson.....20.05
Adam Dunn..........23.72  Orlando Hudson.....20.04
Ryan Braun.........23.57  Todd Frazier.......19.99
Justin Maxwell.....23.54  Brett Lawrie.......19.95
Carlos Gonzalez....22.95  Brett Wallace......19.84
Steve Tolleson.....22.52  Martin Maldonado...19.6
JD Martinez........22.51  Kyle Seager........19.35
Tyler Colvin.......22.33* Will Venable.......19.11
Mark Trumbo #1.....21.91  Zack Cozart........19.01
Russell Martin #1..21.45* Elliot Johnson.....18.31

Saturday's Trots

Alfonso Soriano.....27.33  Jed Lowrie..........21.47
Jim Thome...........26.0   Jose Bautista.......21.46
Adam Dunn...........24.57  Dan Uggla...........21.46
Carlos Gonzalez.....24.35  Ben Zobrist #1......21.35*
Yuniesky Betancourt.24.32  Tyler Colvin #1.....21.18
Mike Napoli.........23.47  Trevor Plouffe......20.86
Prince Fielder......23.28  David Wright........20.82
Adam Jones..........23.24* Marco Scutaro.......20.78
Miguel Montero......23.21  Hector Luna.........20.69
Albert Pujols.......23.08  Tyler Colvin #2.....20.66
Justin Ruggiano.....23.01  Carlos Beltran......20.65
Mitch Moreland......22.8   Mark Teixeira.......20.57
Miguel Olivo........22.53  Andrelton Simmons...20.19
Ben Zobrist #2......22.28* Ramon Santiago......20.01
Jerry Hairston......22.12  Chris Nelson........18.55
Adam LaRoche........22.11  Curtis Granderson...18.47
Jimmy Rollins.......21.92  Omar Quintanilla....18.03

Friday's Trots

Alfonso Soriano #2.26.37   Matt Joyce.........21.36
Adrian Gonzalez....23.88*  Joey Votto.........21.32
Alfonso Soriano #1.23.85   Seth Smith.........21.3
Torii Hunter #2....23.45   Andruw Jones.......21.27
Jose Bautista......22.97   Jason Kubel........21.23
Brennan Boesch.....22.7	   Paul Goldschmidt...21.02
Starlin Castro.....22.59   Jed Lowrie.........20.97
Ryan Doumit........22.36   Mike Fontenot......20.87*
JJ Hardy...........22.03   Brett Wallace......20.8
Martin Maldonado...22.02   Torii Hunter #1....20.71
Ian Kinsler........22	   Taylor Green.......20.66
Chris Davis........21.97   Delmon Young.......20.63
Johnny Damon.......21.97*  Shane Victorino....20.47
Brian Bogusevic....21.9	   Corey Hart #1......20.09
Trevor Plouffe.....21.66   Cameron Maybin.....20.08
Nick Swisher.......21.57*  Josh Hamilton......19.56
Robinson Cano #2...21.51   Ryan Roberts.......18.3
Corey Hart #2......21.51   Bryce Harper.......18.03
Robinson Cano #1...21.36   Everth Cabrera.....15.14

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