Kevin Kiermaier made the second-fastest Statcast throw of 2016 look deceptively easy
Rays outfielder
In Friday night's 7-5 loss to the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, Kiermaier showed another facet of his game with an absolute laser throw to nail
The throw was so good, in fact, that it was the second-fastest outfield assist recorded so far this season by Statcast™:
.@KKiermaier39 throws 99 mph seed, 2nd-fastest OF assist in ˇ®16 (Aaron Hicks, 105.5). https://t.co/TvTqTlqAmshttps://t.co/UBUD3ZB5qx
— #Statcast (@statcast) September 10, 2016
By the way, the fact that there are roughly six miles-per-hour between Kiermaier's throw Friday and Aaron Hicks' absurd 105.5-mph throw back in April really shows just how impressive Hicks' was.
In fact, it's also doubly meaningful (to us, at least) that the top two throws AND