The single worst play of the 2019 Orioles season happened during the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the White Sox. Machado brother-in-law Yonder Alonso grounded a ball to first baseman Renato Núñez. The Statcast expected batting average on this ball was .030. Núñez came down with a case of stone hands when fielding the ball because he is a third baseman who should maybe be a designated hitter.
That’s not what made it the worst play. What made it the worst play was that when the ball ricocheted away from Núñez, second baseman Jonathan Villar, who was in place to pick up the deflection, bobbled the ball when he went to pick it up.