Red Sox star Ceddanne Rafaela made a mind-blowing 5% catch vs. Astros without even diving
This should've been pretty much impossible.
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Ceddanne Rafaela made a catch for the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday that was almost impossible. The fact that he robbed the Houston Astros of extra bases without even diving is even more crazy. We'll start with the numbers: Jake Meyers was hitting with runners on first and second with two outs, and he roped a line drive the other way to deep right-center.
Rafaela raced it down and snatched it out of the air for a third out. It had a 5% catch probability . If you weren't watching closely, though, it may not have seemed that difficult a catch.
That's because of the optics of Rafaela making the grab standing up. He was in full stride, but he didn't have to dive. Could it have been that hard a catch?