April 23, 2013

Tater Trot Tracker

Trot Times for April 22

by Larry Granillo

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Let's get right to the trots!

Home Run of the Day: Luis Valbuena, Chicago Cubs - 23.3 seconds [video]
It's a tough call between Robinson Cano and Luis Valbuena about who celebrated their home run with more gusto (see Cano's home run here), but Valbuena gets the Home Run of the Day honors because his blast came in the thirteenth inning. Of course, the Cubs would go on to lose anyway, but that's not Valbuena's fault.

In San Francisco, Diamondbacks pitcher Wade Miley hit the first home run of his career, trotting home in 24.51 seconds.

Slowest Trot: Kendrys Morales, Seattle Mariners - 25.36 seconds [video]
A nice, leisurely trot from Morales. Sunday's slowest trot, however, bested Morales by more than a second when Kansas City's Billy Butler took 26.79 seconds to round the bases in Fenway.

Quickest Trot: Jay Bruce, Cincinnati Reds - 18.28 seconds [video]
One of three tater trots to reach the 18-second mark on Monday. The two other trots were both from Ryan Roberts, who showed a remarkable level of consistency between his two trots. Roberts' first trot clocked in at 18.33 seconds. His second came in at 18.31.

All of Today's Trots

Kendrys Morales......25.36  Conor Gillaspie......21.22
Yunel Escobar........24.93  Will Middlebrooks....20.94
Yuniesky Betancourt..24.74  Russell Martin.......20.82
Wade Miley...........24.51  Eric Chavez..........20.37
Mike Napoli..........23.72  A.J. Pierzynski......20.25
Luis Valbuena........23.3   Rick Ankiel..........20.21
Robinson Cano........22.71  Kyle Seager..........19.55
Pedro Alvarez........22.47  David DeJesus........19.14
Jesus Montero........21.67  Ryan Roberts #1......18.33
Ryan Braun...........21.44  Ryan Roberts #2......18.31
Buster Posey.........21.35  Jay Bruce............18.28

Sunday's Trots

Billy Butler.......26.79  Joey Votto.........22.1
Ryan Braun.........25.5   Anthony Rizzo......21.92
Adrian Beltre......25.01* John Buck..........21.88
Prince Fielder.....24.57  Mark Trumbo........21.34
Erik Kratz.........24.2   Drew Stubbs........20.92
Mark Reynolds......24.18  Didi Gregorius.....20.88
J.P. Arencibia.....23.84  Miguel Olivo.......20.83
Nelson Cruz........23.8   Adam Dunn..........20.79
Mike Napoli........23.72  Kyle Seager........20.78
Buster Posey.......22.82  Mitch Moreland.....20.78
Alcides Escobar....22.71  George Kottaras....20.4
Carlos Santana.....22.7   Alex Gordon........20.12
Yunel Escobar......22.47  Troy Tulowitzki....19.76
Adam Jones.........22.36  Chris Stewart......19.44
Fernando Martinez..22.29  Matt Carpenter.....19.4
Yan Gomes..........22.2   Leonys Martin......18.64

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