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This top Twins prospect didn't even need to look to make a behind-the-back snag

In the second inning of his start against the Biloxi Shuckers on Saturday night, Chattanooga Lookouts lefty Stephen Gonsalves got Shuckers catcher Jacob Nottingham to flare a soft line drive to the first-base side of the mound -- a pretty simple play for his second baseman, and almost certainly an out. 
But Gonsalves -- the Twins' No. 2 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline -- is a giver, and on this particular night he wanted to give his defense a bit of a break. So he just went and snagged the ball himself, without even bothering to look:

Wait, we need another look at that:

Biloxi then proceeded to ground out to Gonsalves two more times in the inning, apparently missing the memo that hitting the ball to the pitcher was not a recommended strategy.

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