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Burns shows off blazing home-to-first speed
- Updated: September 21, 2016
CLEVELAND — Royals fans are finally getting to see why general manager Dayton Moore traded Brett Eibner to Oakland for speedy outfielder Billy Burns.
Burns was at his pesky best on Monday against the White Sox, getting three hits — two were infield hits — and stealing a base.
They also saw Burns’ magnificent speed.
On his infield hit in the sixth inning, Burns’ home-to-first time was 3.75 seconds, which seemed ridiculously fast in person. It was his fastest non-bunt time this season — he posted a 3.5-second time on a drag bunt earlier this year.
Burns said he isn’t aware of his times.
“Not really, unless someone tells me,” he said.
Well, plenty of teammates told Burns about his home-to-first times last March.
Statcast™ determined that Burns had the best average …
