Blink and you'll miss this 87.5 mph laser strike Gary Sanchez threw to catch Mike Trout stealing second

By Adrian Garro @adriangarro

April 25, 2019

I don't know if Yankees catcher Gary Sánchez is into fishing, but he caught himself a big one Thursday night as the second half of a double play.

With New York in Anaheim closing out a four-game series, Sanchez made one of those throws from behind the plate that make you do a double-take. On the other end of his laser strike to second baseman DJ LeMahieu was Mike Trout -- last name shared with a fish ... so "caught himself a big one" is a pun ... get it? OK, whatever.

Here's the throw:

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This throw might be faster than the bots in the comments. 💨

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The stats back up that throw from Sanchez, which really was as impressive as it looked:

Gary Sanchez caught Mike Trout:
1.93-second pop time
87.5 mph arm strength
Trout's sprint speed was 29.3 ft/sec, just a little below the elite 30+ range

This time, 🐙>🐟

— David Adler (@_dadler) April 26, 2019

You have to bring your A-game at all times if you plan on denying Trout with having his way on the diamond, so kudos to you, Gary.