WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 06: Dansby Swanson #2 of the Atlanta Braves slides into home plate with an inside-the-park home run for his first career home run in the second inning against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on September 6, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
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Just last year, shortstop Dansby Swanson was the first overall pick in the MLB Draft, and a year later, he’s already hit a homer at the major-league level. Making the moment even more fun… it was an inside-the-park homer for Swanson.

Watch Swanson crush a Gio Gonzalez pitch off the center field wall at Nationals Park, and then speed around the bases for an inside-the-parker:

Swanson made it around the bases in just 14.97 seconds, which is the fastest time an MLB player has gotten around the bases for a homer this season:

The Braves of course got Swanson, as well as very good center fielder Ender Inciarte (currently has a terrific 3.1 WAR per FanGraphs), in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks over the offseason for Shelby Miller. The same Shelby Miller that has a 6.85 ERA in the majors this season and spent much of the year in Triple-A. The Braves were viewed as huge winners of that trade when it happened… and now it just looks like complete robbery.

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