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Jesus Sanchez Caught a Bare Hander Like It Was Nothing

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: Miami Marlins right fielder Jesus Sanchez (76) runs off the field after an inning during the Miami Marlins versus Washington Nationals MLB game at Nationals Park on September 15, 2021 in Washington, D.C.. (Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire)

It’s not everyday you see a Major Leaguer not have  to use a glove to catch a baseball. Jesús Sánchez did that very feat, and now he joins the ultra-exclusive club last night by performing that feat on a fly ball down the right-field line. Did he put himself in a desperate situation by playing a routine chance into something extraordinary?

He sure did.

Watch  the catch below:

https://twitter.com/justgroc/status/1440104598484791298

“I was just running really hard after the ball,” Sánchez said postgame. “I was trying to be very careful with the wall, and I was looking at the wall, looking at the ball, and then suddenly I looked at the ball and I passed the ball completely. I didn’t have any reach with my left hand, so I just pulled that right hand and suddenly I grabbed it.

The 23-year-old Sanchez is one of 14 rookies on the Miami Marlins.

Now he’ll forever be linked with Kevin Mitchell.


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