Jo Adell Traverses The Entirety Of The Fielding Experience

Two months ago, Angel in the outfield Jo Adell robbed three home runs in a single game, in what I'm sure will stand up as the best defensive performance of the season. Last night, he made an error that forced me to question if those incredible catches were all just a dream. “It's one of those things where how it happened looks crazy,” Adell said after the game. “It looks like I've never played in the field before, which is disappointing, because it's beyond the truth, but it is what it is. I'm the only one that really knows what happened. I was out there, and it happened to me, so it is what it is.” Well, I can take a guess at what happened. Rockies hitter TJ Rumfield hit a long fly to deep right-center, and Adell ran over to try to make a catch. As he put his glove up for the out, he misjudged where the ball was going to land. It took a very slight deflection off his leather, bonked him in the top of the head, and then traveled over the yellow line for a Colorado home run. From where I'm sitting, it sure looks like Adell got Canseco-ed.