Sensational catch by Ian Happ! 15% catch probability from... Statcast, it's a 5-star play. Good jump. Happ covered 66 feet on the play, his best work is before the camera finds him, also a great full-extension catch:show more

Great play by Owen Caissie on the liner. Just... 10% catch probability on this ball from Statcast, it's a 5-star play for Caissie!show more

Dylan Crews- 15% catch probability on this ball from... Statcast +.85 OAA. Crews covered 107 feet on the play:show more

Another day, another 5-star catch for Pete Crow-Armstrong. This... one Wednesday night. His 9th on the season in 13 opportunities. 25% catch probability on this ball from Statcast. The magic happens before the camera is on him. Pete is #1 in average outfield jump by a good amount.show more

This is the kind of play that eye testers... have a hard time with, but also shows why catch probability is so useful. This ball had just a 55% catch probability, and is just made to look so easy by Ceddanne Rafaela. It's all about what you don't see on the screen, because it happens before the camera is on the play. The jump is 9.0 feet above average. He was positioned well into right-center. Lesser outfielders win catch on the week on this one with a full extension dive.show more

Andy Pages made the first 5-star catch of the... season last night, just a 5% catch probability on this one according to Statcast! Pages covered 93 feet in 4.9 seconds with the sliding grab. Add a big homer to his +1.2 OAA and Pages is off to a great start!show more

New acquisition Tyrone Taylor filled in as the Cubs... CF yesterday and made one of the best catches of the day. 15% catch probability on this one, and that doesn't consider dodging Ian Happ as he makes the play!show more

Catch of the Day- By The Numbers Cam Smith... covers an incredible 137 feet to snag this foul ball off the bat of Zach Neto. Statcast gives it just a 20% catch probability, it's Smith's first 5-star grab of the season. +.8 OAA on this play. According to my search, Smith covered more ground than any outfielder did on a catch during all of 2025 (136 feet by Nathan Lukes).show more

Absurd catch yesterday by Jacob Young of the Nationals.... Just 2% catch probability on this one from Statcast (rounds up to 5%). Why doesn't it look that hard for Young? His jump was one of the best of the year, over 12 feet above average.show more

Great play by Kahlil Watson this afternoon! 30% catch... probability on this ball for now from Statcast. He actually played it so well he won't make any highlight reels, his jump was ~8 feet above average! A lesser outfielder on this play would be trailing behind Watson and have to make a more spectacular "catch" to get to this one:show more

Daulton Varsho: *3rd 5% catch probability catch of his... career *6th 5% catch probability catch by a Jay in the Statcast era (Varsho only guy with more than 1) *14th 5% catch probability catch in MLB this season (Varsho 1 of 2 players with more than 1) #PlatinumGloveshow more

As I suspected last night, Andy Pages' robbery of... Austin Wells was one of his best catches of the season. Statcast has it at 15% catch probability, with Pages going 63 feet in 3.8 seconds to make the grab. It's his fourth 5-star catch of the year.show more

Pete Crow-Armstrong is a wizard in CF! Two plays!... 🧵 Play One: How good is PCA? This ball (a single) had a ZERO PERCENT catch probability! He covered an insane 43 feet in his "jump", and the play didn't even last long enough to be considered a full jump!show more

Braves fans will focus on the Dubón RBIs and... the Eli White throw, but there's another play that saved the game This play had a ***5% CATCH PROBABILITY*** White covered 93 feet in 4.9 seconds. One of the best Braves plays this season, and of the Statcast erashow more

"Pete Crow-Armstrong, who gets the best jumps of just... about anybody in the world". Statcast agrees, with PCA averaging 5.1 feet above average on his jumps (#1 by a good amount, almost all of that before the camera is on him). Makes the "catch" look quite easy because it is. 35% out probability on this ball:show more

A clutch catch from Colton Cowser in center field... to potentially save this game. Here are the Statcast metrics on this one: 45% catch probability +4-foot jump 86 feet traveled 29 ft/sec top speedshow more

Catch of the Day- By the Numbers The first... 5-star catch of the season for the reigning champ, Pete Crow-Armstrong! PCA did what he does best, making a 5% probability play look much easier than it was. 69 feet in 3.9 seconds with a smooth sliding grab.show more

Statcast gave Leody Taveras a 60% catch probability on... this two-out double from Jesús Sánchez. Taveras' jump was negative 9.6 feet, per Statcast. This double drove in one run and the Blue Jays scored another later in the inning.show more

Pretty routine catch by Cam Smith, no? No. Only... 60% of MLB outfielders catch this ball, and most make it look much tougher, many even diving. Why? It's what happens before the camera is on the play. The jump, and then the route. Jump: +5.6 feet above average Route: 99% route efficiency (Oh, and he homered twice as well, let the kids play!)show more

Many requests for the game-tying Heim double past Jarren... Duran yesterday. 80% catch probability on this ball from Statcast. Not a routine play, but Duran is generally good out there and should get this one. See his route in the first reply.show more