The 3 best catches of the 2022 MLB season so far

ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 12: Randal Grichuk #15 of the Colorado Rockies makes a leaping catch above the centerfield wall for a deep ball off the bat of Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers to end the fifth inning at Globe Life Field on April 12, 2022 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 12: Randal Grichuk #15 of the Colorado Rockies makes a leaping catch above the centerfield wall for a deep ball off the bat of Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers to end the fifth inning at Globe Life Field on April 12, 2022 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
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PITTSBURGH, PA – APRIL 17: Jake Marisnick #41 of the Pittsburgh Pirates heads to the dugout before the start of the game against the Washington Nationals at PNC Park on April 17, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA – APRIL 17: Jake Marisnick #41 of the Pittsburgh Pirates heads to the dugout before the start of the game against the Washington Nationals at PNC Park on April 17, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)

The 2022 Major League Baseball season may be not even a month old, but the MLB highlight reels are already filled with some great defensive plays. Those stellar defensive plays include three catches made by outfielders that have to be seen to be believed.

Here are the 3 best catches of the 2022 MLB season so far

Let’s start with the third-best catch, this one coming courtesy of Jake Marisnick of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Playing with his fifth different team since the start of the 2019 season, Marisnick has already shown how he can flash the leather in Pittsburgh. In an April 30 game against the San Diego Padres (the team that he played for last season), Marisnick made what we’re labeling as the third-best catch of the entire season when he robbed Ha-Seong Kim of a base hit in the top of the sixth inning.

Not to be outdone, Marisnick showed his defensive skills again just two innings later, stretching out to deny Trent Grisham.

Both of the catches were critical as the Pirates would eventually win the game 7-6 in 10 innings. Down 6-5 heading into the bottom of the 10th, Marisnick was the “ghost runner” at second who scored the tying run on a single up the middle by Ke’Bryan Hayes, who would eventually score the winning run on a Padres error.