The Top 20 defensive plays of the 2023 Postseason! 

They didn't even include the play where a comebacker bounced off Scherzee and got barehanded by Jung who still made the out at first.

@@gamingeagle19 that was definitely worthy too of being in this set!

Jungle cat will pounce

Rangers had 5 Gold glove nominees this year. Defense is stacked and that rookie Jung at 3rd is a beast.

@@The512Dude 5 nominees turned into 3 Gold Glove winners. RF Adolis Garcia, C Jonah Heim, and 1B Nate Lowe

Evo and Montgomery shutting down a dangerous line up 3 series over is up there as well

LOVE that catch by Leody Taveras being #1!

I’ve been watching the Rangers for 25+ years. I think this is the best defensive team they have ever had.

I'd say the ring makes up for it

The dude has a cannon of an arm.

Agreed. I love to listen to Matt call games. One of the more entertaining radio broadcasters I've ever heard. Love his energy. Rangers defense was so stout this year. Very deserving no 1 ranked play

No it wasn’t that good rangers better

As a rangers fan, I was so pissed when that happen but unbelievable play. Definitely agree it should be on this list. The coordination and reaction time was unbelievable

whoever made this video obviously has a problem with the dbacks or something lmao they got like 2 highlights out of 20. thats insane

i agree, play was insane. walker had 2 or 3 really impressive plays this postseason. had one i thought was even better than the bounce off first.

i was thinking the same thing@@mre695

He hit over 300 and came up with big plays offensively. Idk what you are talking about.

He wasn't too inconsistent he just got injured.

What if I told you that even if he had stopped Adolis still throws him out at third 😂

@@allentyger7 I’m just saying, it was a great throw, a great catch (by the catcher), and a pivotal momentum change in the series. The AZ runner was not wrong. He just got beat by sensational defensive plays. No other defensive play in any of the series had such an impact on the outcome of its respective series.

It simply wasn’t a better catch than leody’s. And you saw a very similar one with carters dp. When you talk about difficulty, they were both about the same

It was sloppy, he could’ve just thrown it to first without any trouble but he panicked

Objectively easier catch than Taveras' and sloppy throw out almost ruined the double

Post season reel, not a regular season

Great play, but easier catch. The only reason it was close at first was sloppy throw/catch in the infield.

It was more exciting because it ended the game, but Alvarez's hit had an xBA of 1.000. Pretty sure most outfielders don't make the play Taveras did.

As a Rangers fan, I gotta agree. Tavares catch was amazing and kept us in the game but the play by the third basemen backing up the throw was perfect. The chain of events lined up for an amazing play

@@rowibish Harris could have

I don't know if anybody caught it but the radio call of Taveras' catch quoted Jack Nicholson's line in "A Few Good Men"! ("You want me on that wall; You need me on that wall!"). @@philmccraken

Great run to the ball, but he didn't actually need to jump. The only reason the double-off was close was because sloppy throw/catch in the infield. Exciting way to end the game, but...

If you're not on your base when the ball is caught, you have to go back to your base before being able to go forward again (this is why Harper was out on play #2). If you touch *and pass* another base before the ball is caught you have to 'undo' touching that base to legally go back to your original base. Altuve did not 'untouch' 2nd, therefore he was forced out at 2nd.

@@sportsjefe Thanks for the detailed explanation. I totally understand👍👍

Exciting play but definitely no. Harris didn't need to jump... only reason it was close at first was sloppy throw/catch.

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