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‘He rides the rollercoaster a bunch’: Josh Winckowski gives blunt assessment of ex-teammate Alex Verdugo

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Alex Verdugo took his sweet time rounding the bases after hitting a game-tying home run against his former team Saturday.

The ex-Red Sox and current Yankees outfielder took 32 seconds to reach home plate after clobbering a 422-foot two-run homer off former Boston teammate Josh Winckowski in the third inning.

Watch his entire trip around the bases:

Verdugo’s slow trot after knotting the game at three runs apiece prompted an interesting response from Winckowski postgame.

“I’m not too worried about it,” he said. “He rides the roller coaster a bunch so that’s what he does.