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Robert Zeglinski

Guardians pitcher Zach Plesac made the absolute coolest barehanded play for the out at first

It’s still a bit early to talk about postseason positioning, but the Guardians are definitely in a good spot just about halfway through June.

At 28-27, Cleveland isn’t blowing the competition away, but they’re within striking distance of the AL Wild Card (one game back) and just four back of the Twins in the AL Central. One extended winning streak or solid month’s stretch of games could have the Guardians sitting pretty.

For that to happen, they’ll need some of their players to come through with Herculean efforts every now and then. The latest hero was Zach Plesac, who turned a routine shallow grounder against the Athletics (+1.5) into one of the best plays we’ll see this entire MLB season.

Words don’t do it justice, so we’ll let Plesac do the “talking”:

Oh. My. Goodness.

Imagine having the wherewithal to take that shallow ball, barehand it, fade away with balance and perfectly throw the ball across the diamond for the out. Clearly, Plesac is a baseball wizard.

Oakland went on to beat the Guardians, 10-5, but at least Cleveland got a reminder that they do have heroes waiting to save the day.

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