'Laser' Ramon Laureano showed off his rocket arm and threw out another Red Sox baserunner
You have to admire the Red Sox chutzpah. After all, in their early-season series against the Athletics, they had twice tried to run on center fielder
It's strong, it's accurate and it has the power to hurl baseballs roughly a country mile. It's the Aaron Judge of throwing arms; the Noah Syndergaard fastball of the outfield.
Ramón "The Rocket" Laureano 😱 pic.twitter.com/vdnkogTxVA
— MLB (@MLB) April 3, 2019
On Thursday afternoon, the Red Sox tried again. When Andrew Benintendi dropped in a bloop single to center field, Mookie Betts motored around second base and tried for third. Surely Laureano couldn't come racing in and, like a middle infielder, make an off-balance throw right on the third-base bag ... right?
Wrong:
BREAKING:
— Oakland Athletics (@Athletics) April 4, 2019
RAMÓN DID IT *AGAIN*#RootedInOakland pic.twitter.com/OgneDGn0DK
While Laureano has a shocking 12 outfield assists in just 57 big league games, don't be surprised if that number dries up soon. Teams will simply realize running against Ramón is a great way to get thrown out. And isn't that an even more powerful thing -- scaring teams into simply giving up?