San Francisco Giants rookie Patrick Bailey is quickly becoming one of the best catchers in Major League Baseball and if you needed more proof of that then you need to see the way he finished off a win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.
Bailey, who threw out Reds star rookie Elly De La Cruz with a beautiful throw last month, ended the 4-3 victory by picking off Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo at first after catching a pitch high and away.
Check out the absolute bullet Bailey, who the Giants picked with the 13th overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, fired down to first base:
BAILEY.
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) August 2, 2023
BALLGAME. pic.twitter.com/vcruO2VQKh
Wow.
MLB Fans loved it:
Patrick Bailey is absolutely unreal behind the dish wow https://t.co/V3Dh8RTcQY
— diego Math guru 🧮 (@djfc22) August 2, 2023
Yeah he’s him https://t.co/lphFrNM1SO
— Summer League Chris (@Chrisan10_) August 2, 2023
Kid is RIDICULOUS https://t.co/NTfYLvZsU9
— 🏁 Gilly (@gillythakid88) August 2, 2023
Can we give the save to him instead? https://t.co/PKlI5Ff7q4
— Easley Wong (@EazleyEaz) August 2, 2023
With the dart! Throwing guys out left and right. 🎯 https://t.co/mAYwm8CVBU
— Marcus (@marcushowe2425) August 2, 2023
One inning after throwing out a runner FROM HIS KNEES trying to steal second, Patrick Bailey comes back in the 9th and does THIS. 👀 #SFGiants https://t.co/OnwzUUFqJu
— Simon Samano (@SJSamano) August 2, 2023
Special. #SFGiants https://t.co/XHFi9VA0mz
— Suzanne_Cummins- 🇺🇦💙💛 (@suzanne_cummins) August 2, 2023
lamonte did one hell of a job sticking with the play, too. just a pretty play all-around https://t.co/rBnRr12n2h
— alex 🦖 (@bantheshift) August 2, 2023
The amount of instinct and TRUST on this play is immeasurable. https://t.co/smyVR1rqoJ
— Peter Dorgan (@DorganBase17) August 2, 2023
They gotta quit tryin this dude lol https://t.co/FNogapKYJP
— Brandon Barker (@splakavelli103) August 2, 2023