Red Sox fans
loved him from his first MLB at-bat in 2010—heck, his first
swing.
Daniel Nava clouted a grand-slam on the first pitch he saw in the majors—endearing him to millions.
And, he was popular in Boston right up until the point of his departure to the Rays in 2015. Now a member of the Phillies, the 34-year-old has just earned a not-so-endearing distinction—
Top Human Rain Delay. According to
FanGraphs.com,
Nava took an astounding 29.7 seconds between pitches in 2017—the slowest pace
ever documented. Not surprisingly, the 2014 version of
Hanley Ramirez (then on the Dodgers) ranks as the
third-slowest of all time (29.3 seconds). And, our own Boston iteration of
HanRam (2017) was the
eleventh-slowest of all-time (28.6 seconds). In fact, Hanley shows up
two more times on the list at #45 (27.4 seconds) and #50 (27.2 seconds).
