I Can Outrun the Catcher

This is just great baserunning. Gleyber Torres is on first and the infield shift is on. So with a well hit ball that isn’t fielded cleanly, Torres is running to second and realizes that the third baseman is covering second. There’s no one covering third, so he keeps running. The infielder has no one at third to throw it to and hangs on to the ball.

The catcher alertly (well, sort of) sees no one covering third, so he sprints that way to cover third but he’s a catcher and slow so he’s not there in time. So now Torres, having taken third, sees the catcher not far from third and clearly says to himself, “no one is covering home and I can outrun the catcher”.

And he does.