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Colorado Rockies VIDEO: Nolan Arenado’s Top 10 defensive plays

By Jake Shapiro

DENVER, CO - MAY 27: Third baseman Nolan Arenado #28 of the Colorado Rockies makes a throw on the run to first base for the third out of the ninth inning as Dexter Fowler #25 of the St Louis Cardinals looks on at Coors Field on May 27, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. The Cardinals defeated the Rockies 3-0. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - MAY 27: Third baseman Nolan Arenado #28 of the Colorado Rockies makes a throw on the run to first base for the third out of the ninth inning as Dexter Fowler #25 of the St Louis Cardinals looks on at Coors Field on May 27, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. The Cardinals defeated the Rockies 3-0. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /
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No. 2 CUT IT OFF, CUT IT OUT!

Usually the hot corner is a term used to describe balls being hit down the left field line like the last play. Somehow, Arenado found a way to do the exact opposite.

The wherewithal on this play — like the last one — is insane. The job of the catcher on this is to yell at the cutoff man and tell him where to go with the ball. With the amount of baseball I’ve seen, I can promise you nobody was yelling, “three.” Nobody could expect another human to pull this off.

Just try to do this — jump and, before you land, catch a baseball and exchange it to your throwing hand. Don’t even try to throw it. You will not even be able to do that part of this, let alone throw and do it accurately.

I can also tell you this … I’ve been to baseball practices for decades, I’ve never seen this play practiced in this fashion.

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