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Colorado Rockies OF's Unreal Throw Links Boston Red Sox' Justin Turner to Team History

Colorado Rockies outfielder Brenton Doyle threw out Boston Red Sox runner Alex Verdugo at the plate on Tuesday night with a throw that registered over 99 mph. It's one of the fastest throws in Rockies history by an outfielder and in a bizarre irony, Sox player Justin Turner is involved too.

Brady Farkas

Colorado Rockies OF's Unreal Throw Links Boston Red Sox' Justin Turner to Team History
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Colorado Rockies outfielder Brenton Doyle made an unreal throw on Tuesday night to nab Boston Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo at the plate.

The throw, which was registered at more than 99 mph from centerfield, was among the fastest throws by a Rockies outfielder in the statcast era (since 2015). And in a weird and bizarre irony, Sox player Justin Turner became linked to all the history.

Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

Brenton Doyle! 

99.2 mph OF assist 

- 2nd-fastest tracked OF assist in MLB this year 

- 2nd-fastest tracked OF assist by COL under Statcast (2015) 

only faster for COL: 6/28/22 Connor Joe, 99.3 mph 

the batter both today + Joe’s? Justin Turner!

Talk about a whole lot of intertangled webs in that one!

First off, the throw from Doyle was incredible. The ball by Turner was well struck to centerfield and allowed one run to score. Doyle's throw went just up the third base line but catcher Elias Diaz made a nice adjustment to field it and tag Verdugo, who did not slide.

The 25-year-old Doyle was selected in the fourth round of the 2019 draft by the Rockies and made his debut this past April 24.

In addition to the good defense, he's hitting .218 with four home runs 17 RBI. He's added eight stolen bases.

At the time of this posting, the Rockies and Red Sox are tied at 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning.

If Colorado can turn this into a win, they will have taken the series at Fenway Park after winning in extra innings on Monday.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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