In olden times, what KC Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain did to George Springer last night would’ve had him tried as a warlock and burned at the stake.
In the bottom of the eighth, Springer hit one of his patent-pending rockets to right-center that looked destined for extra bases and then LoCain, hitting the afterburners and sprinkling in a little fairy dust for good measure, did this:
There’s a reason Cain slots in near the top of any Fangraphs metric for defensive outfielders—right alongside Kevin Kiermaier, Jason Heyward and anyone else considered an elite defensive outfielder—and it showed last night in Houston.