Snitker: Grab may make Inciarte Gold Glove favorite

ATLANTA — As Atlanta’s Ender Inciarte and Cincinnati’s Billy Hamilton have spent the past couple of months producing an impressive list of defensive gems, they have become two obvious frontrunners among National League center fielders for a Gold Glove Award.

But Braves manager Brian Snitker believes Inciarte might have become the clear-cut favorite on Wednesday night, when he concluded a 4-3 win over the Mets by robbing Yoenis Cespedes of a home run with a jaw-dropping catch that immediately became widely recognized as the “Game Ender.”

“If that doesn’t win him the Gold Glove, then I don’t know what will,” Snitker said. “I’ve been saying it all along, the guy is unbelievable.”

According to Statcast™, Cespedes’ drive had an exit velocity of 101.7 mph and a launch angle of 28 degrees. Batted balls with those traits go for a hit 84 percent of the time and a home run 72 percent of the time. At Citi Field, that combination, which resulted in a ball hit to that …

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