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Sara’s Snapshots: Javier Báez is playing a different game entirely and we are all just along for the ride
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Javier Báez is a magician. He makes plays no one can make and his reflexes are are so fast that he’ll occasionally just flick his wrist and redirect a baseball right back to the second baseman resulting in an out. I’ve written previously about Javy and how his brand of baseball generates chaos on the basepaths resulting in runs and opportunities that never should have existed.
In today’s Cubs/Pirates finale Javier Báez managed to pull off one of his greatest tricks as he turned an inning-ending routine ground ball into a run and later came around to score. You absolutely want to see this one again [VIDEO].
A bizarre sequence resulted in a pair of runs for the Cubs in Pittsburgh Thursday
With teammate Willson Contreras on second and two outs in the third inning, Cubs shortstop Javier Báez hit a slow grounder to third baseman Erik González
González s throw to Will Craig at first was a little up the line, pulling Craig off the bag. Regardless, all Craig had to do was touch first or tag Baez to end the third
Báez hit the brakes to avoid Craig s glove and started backtracking toward the plate. Craig curiously decided to follow Báez rather than stepping on first base