The 2022 MLB season is less than a month old, but Royals outfielder Michael A. Taylor might’ve already made the catch of the year.
In the bottom of the fifth inning during Monday’s game against the Cardinals, St. Louis catcher Andrew Knizner drove a pitch to deep left field. Taylor, who was in his usual spot in center, took off immediately, sprinting toward the outfield fence.
At the warning track, Taylor leapt off of one foot, scaled the wall and snared the ball in his glove after it had already gone over the fence but before it had hit the bleachers, robbing Knizner of a home run.