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If Baltimore Orioles continue to sell within the trading deadline, Cedric Mullin’s hold gives some great ties.
Center Fielder has consistently been one of the best in the position defensively, and this week he shows that this is still the case.
Already with a couple of web beads in the last few days, Mullins robbed a home drive Wednesday afternoon, there’s up with some of the best catches of the year.
Baltimore Orioles Outfielder Cedric Mullins (31) runs out of the field during the fifth round against Tampa Bay Rays in Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (Daniel Kucin Jr./Imagn Images)
Mullins caught a crazy diving on Saturday against Colorado Rockies, and two days later he robbed Toronto Blue Jays by a three-run Homer who helped Baltimore to a win.
But his catch on Wednesday trumped them all together.
Ali Sanchez came to the record at the top of the sixth with a man in second and two outs, down 5-4. He drove a flow ball to the center where Mullins tracks it down all the way.
Mullin scaled the midfield wall to give him a few extra feet with stretch, then went up and got the ball with his glove and snapped it from a fans’ reach.
The catch stopped Jay’s rally, but they wounded scored four races at the top of the next lap. Baltimore responded back with three of their own, but their bases-loaded, one-out threat was shortened.
Baltimore Orioles Center Fielder Cedric Mullins catches a ball hit by Seattle Mariners’ Ty France over the fence during the ninth lap of a baseball match, Sunday 13 August 2023, in Seattle. (John Froschauer/AP Photo)
It was the rest of the scoring in the afternoon when Blue Jays got away with a 9-8 win. Seranthony Dominguez knocked out a couple of Orioles, almost 24 hours after he was traded by them to Toronto and switched clubhouses between a double head (he also struck two in his first match against his former team).
Blue Jays are now leading the American League East with 4.5 games, and there is a chance that Mullins may have just carried Oioles Jersey for the last time.
Baltimore Orioles Center Fielder Cedric Mullins looks at from Dugout after robbing a two-run home drive from New York Yankees’ Gary Sanchez during the second round of a baseball match, Wednesday 15 September 2021, in Baltimore. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Baltimore had also traded Reliever Gregory Soto for the New York Mets and Bryan Baker to Tampa Bay Rays.
