April 29, 2013

Tater Trot Tracker

Trot Times for April 28

by Larry Granillo

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It's going to be a quick one today, so let's get right to the trots!

Home Run of the Weekend: Giancarlo Stanton, Miami Marlins - 21.91 seconds [video]
Giancarlo Stanton had hit zero home runs coming into the weekend. On Saturday, he blasted this mammoth home run over the left field scoreboard at Marlins Park. The Marlins called the home run 472 feet; Hit Tracker Online disagreed, calculating it at 440 feet. Either way, it's a sight to see. Stanton also hit two more on Sunday.

Slowest Trot: Dioner Navarro, Chicago Cubs - 26.15 seconds [video]
Navarro was nearly two seconds slower than the next slowest trotter on Sunday, Yoenis Cespedes, who hit a home run late in the game of his first appearance since returning from the disabled list.

Quickest Trot: Giancarlo Stanton #2, Miami Marlins - 18.89 seconds [video]
It was a good weekend to be Stanton. If we were giving out the crown for tater trot with the most effort, it would most certainly go to Jesus Montero for this trot on Saturday. He was trying so hard and yet he still clocked in at 20.8 seconds.

This trot from Brett Lawrie on Saturday is also worth watching. As he approaches each base, he appears to skip (or shuffle) his feet. I've seen players shuffle their feet to get into the proper step before a base plenty of times (David Ortiz does it often), but Lawrie feels different somehow. It is especially rare on a trot as quick as this one (18.22 seconds).

All of Today's Trots

Dioner Navarro........26.15  Alcides Escobar.......21.75*
Yoenis Cespedes.......24.44  Carl Crawford #2......21.32
Paul Konerko..........23.24  Alex Gordon...........20.97
Chris Davis...........22.83  Chase Headley.........20.64
Lyle Overbay..........22.8   Brennan Boesch........20.56
Jose Lobaton..........22.79  Alexi Amarista........20.31*
Buster Posey..........22.68  Freddy Galvis.........20.2
Matt Joyce............22.56  Michael Morse.........20.16
Omar Infante..........22.5   Jose Tabata...........20.14
Nick Hundley..........22.33  Russell Martin #1.....19.99
Mike Aviles...........22.25  Jason Bay.............19.98
Justin Morneau........22.16  Carl Crawford #1......19.94
Miguel Cabrera........22.15  Giancarlo Stanton #1..19.7
Seth Smith............22.13  Austin Jackson........19.26
Russell Martin #2.....21.94  Giancarlo Stanton #2..18.89
Nick Green............21.82  Garrett Jones.........N/A

Saturday's Trots

Jhonny Peralta.....25.03*  Martin Maldonado...21.58
Travis Hafner......24.68   Shin-Soo Choo......21.32
Wilin Rosario......24.31   Brandon Crawford...21.32
Andre Ethier.......24.12*  Omar Infante.......20.84*
John Buck..........22.6    A.J. Pollock.......20.81
Salvador Perez.....22.35   Jesus Montero......20.8
Miguel Olivo.......22.26   Chris Iannetta.....20.6
Adam Dunn..........22.15   Ben Zobrist........20.57
Jose Bautista......22.11   Russell Martin.....20.45
Josh Willingham....22.07   Adam Jones.........20.28
Nate McLouth.......22.02   Desmond Jennings...19.92
Nick Markakis......21.92   Bryce Harper.......19.88*
Giancarlo Stanton..21.91   Justin Upton.......19.26*
Domonic Brown......21.84   Carlos Gomez.......18.77
John Mayberry......21.8    Brett Lawrie.......18.22

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