Luis Guillorme Is A Magician

While the focus was on Willie Harris‘ bad send, truth be told, it only looked bad because of that relay. In previous seasons, Jake Marisnick would’ve been safe and scored the tying run.

There’s one word for what Luis Guillorme did there – Magic.

It’s an old magicians maxim. The hand is quicker than the eye. You could say that about Guillorme. His hands in receiving the relay, transferring it, and going home, were quicker than Harris’ eyes.

Guillorme’s lightning quick transfer could be the best in the game. It’s the difference between a run and an out. It’s the difference between a fielder’s choice and a double play.

Guillorme is just that good. He’s a wizard in the middle infield. Certainly, we can’t go talking about Guillorme’s tricks without bringing up Adeiny Hechavarria‘s bat again.

Guillorme can do things on the field seemingly no one else can. His hands are quick. His instincts, reflexes, and reaction time are quicker. When you get all of that, you get pure magic on the field.

When you get pure magic on the field, you build a winner. Notably, the Mets are in first and appear poised to stay there all season long. The Mets making the other team’s chances of winning the division may just be the best magic trick of them all.

2 Replies to “Luis Guillorme Is A Magician”

  1. Barry says:
    June 16, 2021 at 11:58 am

    You said “In previous seasons, Jake Marisnick would’ve been safe and scored the tying run.”

    Well, even this season, if Nimmo and McNeil were relaying it.
    Because they wouldn’t necessarily have been taken out for defense late in the game.
    As Luis said, he tries to balance defense and offense in a close game.
    That’s why, he said, he left Dom in the game.

    So, I kind of worry that this winning stops, or at least slows down, when our regulars return.
    Especially, if McNeil is still not hitting, and J.D Davis, is still not fielding!

  2. James Preller says:
    June 16, 2021 at 2:32 pm

    I thought it was a good, aggressive decision by the 3rd base coach in a year of historic strikeouts.

    The Mets did everything perfectly — from Pillar to Guillorme to McCann — and got Marisnick by two inches. The ball beat him, but it was very close.

    In the calculus of that decision, it’s not the coach’s job to be “safe” every time. You calculate the odds of not running compared to the odds of trying to score right then and there. He went for it.

    I love Keith, but I thought he was totally wrong in his analysis.

    The Mets made a perfect play to nab the runner. It happens.

    More and more lately. Love the defense.

    I hope we don’t fail to learn the lesson from all these injuries. The defense got better across the board. Pitching and defense and timely hitting. That’s been the formula, not smoke and mirrors.

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