For your consideration…
As promised on Wednesday, the SnakePit Awards get under way today, beginning with the Play of the Year. This is always fun to assemble, because I basically get to spent a couple of days assembling highlight reels. However, there are bound to be examples which escaped my attention, and that’s why we have this pre-ballot thread. As well as filtering down the nominees, it’s also your chance to make a pitch (pun, for once, not intended!) for any candidates which may have escaped my attention. Typically, we will have five nominees, and we typically have one home-run, two infield plays, and two outfield plays. But I am prepared to hear arguments to the contrary! Here’s how this will work.
- Go to the comments section.
- If your choice is already mentioned there, give it a “rec”.
- If your choice is NOT mentioned, copy paste the FULL description, e.g. “April 6. Ketel Marte crushes a leadoff homer” and leave that as a new comment.
- If it’s not listed, I’d recommend posting a link to a video. The MLB Video Search tool will be very helpful.
- Duplicate nominations will get deleted.
- On Wednesday, I’ll tally up the recs, and use those as a guide towards a list of five or so nominees.
Home-runs
- April 6. Ketel Marte crushes a leadoff homer (114.4 mph)
- April 30: Christian Walker’s walk-off two-run home run in 10th
- June 13: Christian Walker’s second homer (464 feet)
- July 29: Corbin Carroll’s walk-off home-run (+78.9% WPA)
- August 25: Geraldo Perdomo’s solo home run (a perfectly-placed 319 feet).
Infield
- April 16: Walker, Alexander, combine for the nifty forceout
- April 23: Moreno throws out Nolan Gorman stealing third
- May 26: Kevin Newman’s diving stop
- June 3: Ketel Marte’s over-the-shoulder grab
- June 21: Ryan Thompson’s incredible barehanded play
- July 9: D-backs turn 6-4-3 double play
- July 12: Gerardo Perdomo’s nice play
- July 13: Eugenio Suarez’s off-balance throw
- August 24: Luis Guillorme’s sensational play
- September 14: D-backs use trick play to nab Garrett Mitchell
Outfield
- April 3: Lourdes Gurriel Jr’s sliding catch in foul grounds
- May 3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr’s sliding catch
- May 24. Corbin Carroll’s leaping grab
- June 21. Jake McCarthy’s leaping catch
- July 4. Alek Thomas makes an incredible catch in the 8th
- July 11. Jake McCarthy robs a homer from Matt Olson in the 9th
- July 29. D-backs nab Alex Call at home
- August 7. Corbin Carroll makes incredible catch, throw home
- August 13. Jake McCarthy’s diving catch
- September 24. Corbin Carroll’s incredible home-run robbery
See you all in the comments!