If you needed any further evidence that the 2014 Gold Glove version of Juan Lagares was alive and well, last night’s home run-robbing catch against the Phillies may provide all the proof you’ll need.
Lagares showed his vintage defensive form, leaping to snare a long drive by Maikel Franco and robbing him of a three-run homer in the eighth inning of the Mets’ 11-1 win.
“If there is a better catch so far in baseball than that one I haven’t seen it,” Terry Collins said afterward. “On a dead run, dead fly, you go up against that fence and make that catch – we get spoiled watching it but that’s what we saw two years ago and that’s why he’s got a gold glove sitting on his mantle too.”
Here it is in case you missed it.
Juan doing Juan things. #Juanderful @juanlagares2https://t.co/a7kqGxuajP
— New York Mets (@Mets) April 20, 2016
Lagares has settled in beautifully into his 4th outfielder role, giving the Mets some added offense against left-handed pitching and coming in late in games as a defensive replacement to make spectacular plays as he did last night. So let’s trade him.
