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Watch 2016 stolen-base king Jonathan Villar swipe home plate in the Dominican Winter League

By Adrian Garro

Brewers infielder Jonathan Villar enjoyed a strong season in 2016, eventually winning the stolen-base crown after swiping 62 on the campaign (to go along with a .285/.369/.457 line and 3.9 WAR). 
Villar is spending his winter months playing in the Dominican Winter League and he re-affirmed his status as "really fast baseball player" with a particularly impressive straight steal of home plate on Tuesday night: 

Villar's run may have been the only one plated by the Aguilas Cibaeñas on the night, but it was the type of energetic moment he's come to be known for -- after all, he did do this over the summer: 

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