Yankees star channels Derek Jeter with tumbling catch over railing

McMahon has all the time been one of many higher defensive third baseman in baseball, and he has collected 10.5 dWAR (by way of Baseball-Reference) in his profession. That features the 2021 season the place he led the league with 2.1 dWAR. It is all the time been one in all his greatest strengths, and it has helped make up for a bat that has not all the time performed effectively outdoors of Coors Discipline. 

Is it higher than the well-known Derek Jeter catch?

If seeing a Yankees infielder tumble into the stands whereas catching a foul ball down the third bottom line in opposition to the Boston Crimson Sox seems to be acquainted, it ought to.

That is as a result of Corridor of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter did one thing comparable again on July 1, 2004 when he sprinted from his shortstop place and dove into the entrance rows of outdated Yankee Stadium.

You bear in mind the play:

The argument in favor of the Jeter catch is that he lined far more floor in working from his shortstop place all the best way over to the stands. 

However he additionally caught the ball away from the railing together with his momentum carrying him over to dive into the stands. McMahon actually fell over the railing, head over heels, whereas making the catch. That isn’t to remove from Jeter’s play, as a result of it is also unimaginable. 

There’s one massive factor which may tip the scales in his favor — as a substitute of being a random regular-season recreation, this was a winner-take-all elimination recreation within the playoffs. Stage issues. McMahon’s play got here on the considerably larger stage.