Marlins’ Jesus Sanchez stunned MLB fans with this awesome bare-handed catch on a fly ball

It’s been some time since baseball fans have seen a bare-handed outfield snag as impressive as this.

On Monday, during the top of the fourth between the Washington Nationals and the Miami Marlines, Lane Thomas sent a well-hit ball out to right field. Miami’s Jesus Sanchez was running into position to make the play on the borderline fair-or-foul ball, but overshot the distance just a tad.

Instead of panicking, however, Sanchez calmly reached out with his bare hand and… snagged the fly ball for the out! Here’s how the moment went down as Sanchez avoided a possibly disastrous mistake with some crafty hands.

Barehanded catch on a fly ball! 😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/k6ptqzBh6Y

— MLB (@MLB) September 21, 2021

Oh yeah, that’s the good stuff! It no doubt brings to mind shades of Kevin Mitchell’s running over-the-shoulder snag from 1989 as well.

And, of course, here’s the slow-mo replay of Sanchez’s sensational catch.

Jesus Sanchez just caught a fly ball with his bare hand. pic.twitter.com/FDhsb7xIwe

— Justin Groc (@justgroc) September 21, 2021

MLB fans were quick to react to this stunning catch from Sanchez with exactly the amount of excitement as you’d expect.