Odubel Herrera plays the game with a flair that seems like it was created for an event like the All Star Game. The bat flipper will find out Tuesday if that is where he is headed. And he used Friday night's 4-3 win over Kansas City as an effort to push his candidacy.
The centerfielder started the first inning with his first career leadoff homer. Herrera tossed his bat to the side almost as soon as he made contact. He ended the top of the third with a running catch in center field, crashed into the wall, and fell face first into the warning track dirt at Citizens Bank Park.