Oh, Matt Williams. This was not a good send.
To be fair, Juan Soto isn’t the SLOWEST of runners. But in Monday’s 4-3 San Diego Padres loss to the Colorado Rockies, Williams — the Padres’ third base coach — waved Soto around in an attempt to grab the lead and watched it fail BADLY.
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Soto was thrown out by a mile in the eighth inning, and what’s even funnier is that the Padres challenged the play, with the hopes that Elias Diaz would be called out for blocking Soto’s path to the plate.
Nope. FAIL:
Interesting send pic.twitter.com/ihb4SqUSyR
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) August 1, 2023
WHAT IS THE THIRD BASE COACH DOING pic.twitter.com/uN7uQiuICG
— Borna Nazari (@thehogwatch) August 1, 2023
Third base coach had the under pic.twitter.com/3zAayBF6sK
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 1, 2023
Top 8th – Padres challenge call that there was no violation of the HP Collision Rule and the out call at home plate; call of no violation is confirmed, call of out is confirmed. Powered by @Zoom. pic.twitter.com/ZlmRZb3ZSR
— MLB Replays (@MLBReplays) August 1, 2023