Springer robs home run: By now, most people have seen George Springer's game-saving, grand-slam robbing catch from the Astros' April 12 game against the Rangers. It doesn't take analytics to know it was a sensational catch, but Statcast helps to explain exactly what made it so sensational. Thanks to Statcast, we know that Springer took a near-perfect route to the ball, logging a route efficiency of 99.1 percent on the play. It also helped that Springer took just 0.59 seconds to take his first step and needed only 3.19 seconds to accelerate to his max speed of 17.
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