Ever since Yoenis Cespedes joined the New York Mets, the role of Juan Lagares has lessened. But with the chance to start in center field on Wednesday, he showed why he was so worthy of the Gold Glove he earned in 2014.
With Daniel Murphy up in the top of the seventh, the former Met (and current National) hit a drive to the deepest part of Citi Field — seemingly over Lagares’ head. Juan, though, kept his eye on it and managed to track down the long fly ball.
Just Juan doing Juan things in CF. #Mets @juanlagares2 #Juanderful pic.twitter.com/2mpzTzTqkB
— New York Mets (@Mets) May 19, 2016
Shades of Willie Mays from Juan Lagares. That was an entertaining sacrifice fly.
— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) May 19, 2016
It still turned out to be a productive out for Murphy, as Ben Revere tagged up from third and scored to extend Washington’s lead.
