‘D’ on display with 4 fantastic catches

Tuesday’s games provided several entries into this year’s defensive highlight reels as a number of players flashed their fielding prowess with impressive catches.

Among them was the Angels’ Mike Trout, who robbed the Mariners’ Mike Zunino with a leaping catch near the wall in center in the third inning of Seattle’s 8-0 win. Trout’s grab not only took a likely extra-base hit away from Seattle, but also kept a run off the board, stranding Nelson Cruz on the bases.

Zunino’s liner rocketed off his bat with a 109.6 mph exit velocity and a 15-degree launch angle, according Statcast™. Similar balls have yielded a hit 70.5 percent of the time this season.

In Boston, Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. narrowly avoided a collision with Dustin Pedroia and still made a great play in the fourth inning of the …

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