Statcast smorgasbord: 7 plays truly amaze

Tuesday was a fun day for baseball.

There was an assortment of great catches, a catcher pitching in the mid-90s (and mid-50s), and home runs of both the majestic and inside-the-park varieties. Even better, Statcast™ was there to break down all of the great plays.

Here is a look at the best:

Drew covers all his bases The Nationals’ Stephen Drew pinch-hit in the top of the ninth inning, with his club already leading the Phillies, 4-1, and skied a deep fly ball with an exit velocity of 102.9 mph. Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera drifted back and made a leap for it, but the 385-foot drive — which reached a height of 132 feet — eluded his glove and caromed off Citizen Bank Park’s right-center field wall. That, plus an off-line throw home, allowed Drew to come all the way around the score in 16.7 seconds, while reaching a top speed of 17.9 mph. It was the seventh-fastest home-to-home time of the season and the second inside-the-park job of Drew’s career.

Miggy goes big The Tigers’ game against the Angels wasn’t scoreless for long. With two outs in the top of the first inning, Halos lefty Hector Santiago fired a 95.3-mph fastball that caught too much of the plate, low in the zone. Miguel Cabrera lowered the boom on it, making contact at 109.1 mph and sending the ball flying a projected 449 feet over the wall in left-center field for a 1-0 lead. It was Miggy’s second-longest homer of the season.

Blue Jay takes flight In the top of the fourth inning at Rogers Centre, the Yankees’ Austin Romine had what looked like a base hit on a line drive to right-center field. But Toronto’s Kevin Pillar, who …

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