John Rave of the Omaha Storm Chasers gave us baseball’s catch of the year

The Omaha Storm Chasers are the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas Metropolis Royals. With a 50-55 report, the Storm Chasers sit seventh within the Worldwide League West, and on Tuesday night time they misplaced to the Iowa Cubs 8-2.

However prospect John Rave managed to offer us the catch of the yr in baseball, regardless of the Storm Chasers taking place in defeat.

Within the prime of the third inning Iowa’s Matt Mervis got here to the plate with a pair of runners on base, and two outs. Going through a 1-2 depend, Mervis laced a pitch low within the zone deep to right-center subject. Rave, patrolling heart subject for the Storm Chasers, tracked the ball down on the wall and bought his glove to it, however the ball popped out of his glove.

But he managed to reel within the ball anyway, utilizing his naked hand to finish the juggling catch:

The replay angle of the catch offers a clearer view, and also you’ll see how Rave initially will get his glove on the ball, solely to have it come out and bounce off his shoulder. By some means, Rave’s glove retains the ball from touching the wall — and even going over it — and the outfielder has the presence of thoughts to snare the ball along with his naked hand whereas tumbling again to the warning observe.

Rave went 0-for-4 on the plate Tuesday night time, however nobody will keep in mind that. As an alternative, they’ll bear in mind this bare-handed catch, which can very properly be baseball’s catch of the yr.

At any stage.