Salvador Perez had arguably the catch of the season for the Royals on Thursday
The Royals’ 2015 highlight DVD is going to be like three hours long.
Every night it seems like there are one or two defensive superlatives. On Thursday night, the Royals’ offense pounded out 20 hits that led to 15 runs, but you could make the case that the defense was even more impressive.
Case in point: Catcher Salvador Perez’s remarkable catch.
The Star’s John Sleezer, the greatest baseball photographer working today, got a great view of the fans and Tigers dugout watching the catch:
#Royals @SalvadorPerez15 foul catch in front of #Tigers Ausmus and Lamont for out on Romine in 6th. @KCStar @Royals pic.twitter.com/eqwtaTd7xy
— John Sleezer (@jsleezer) September 4, 2015And yet, Perez’s catch wasn’t even one of the plays that was broken down by MLB.com’s Statcast. Lorenzo Cain’s catch in the fourth inning (Chris Young saw some great plays made while he was on the mound):
And Christian Colon’s wonderful throw from deep short also was broken down by Statcast:
All in all, it was a heck of a night for the Royals.
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