Javy Baez made a no-look tag (while celebrating) on a stealing Nelson Cruz
Cubs second baseman Javier Baez won over all of our hearts last season by being a really, really fun baseball-playing man. And one of the more fun things about him is his ability to execute no-look, snap-tags on attempted base-stealers.
Well, during Puerto Rico's 3-1 win over Dominican Republic on Tuesday, Yadier Molina threw down to Baez to nab Nelson Cruz trying to steal second base. Javy, on cue, presented us with a masterpiece:
Tag THEN celebrate?
- MLB (@MLB) March 15, 2017
Way too basic for @Javy23Baez. #WBC2017 pic.twitter.com/d0o3t60EIJ
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Not only was he not looking, he was also celebrating before making the out. A true work of art.
Matt Monagan writes at night for Cut4. In his spare time, he travels and searches Twitter for Wily Mo Pena news.