Brewers minor leaguer makes catch of the year bid with unbelievable home run robbery
The catch of the year in professional baseball might have come in the Double-A Southern League on Friday night. Brewers prospect Mark Coley II took away a home run with some extra drama, denying one of baseball’s top-100 prospects in one of the best plays of the 2026 season on a ridiculous second effort.
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The catch of the year in professional baseball might have come in the Double-A Southern League on Friday night. Brewers prospect Mark Coley II took away a home run with some extra drama, denying one of baseball’s top-100 prospects in one of the best plays of the 2026 season on a ridiculous second effort. Braves outfielder Eric Hartman — the No. 73 overall prospect and the Braves’ second-best on MLB Pipeline — was suiting up in his fourth game at the Double-A level after crushing 24 long balls at High-A when he smashed a full-count offering deep to right-center field at Synovus Park in Columbus, Georgia.
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- The catch of the year in professional baseball might have come in the Double-A Southern League on Friday night. Brewers prospect Mark Coley II took away a home run with some extra drama, denying one of baseball’s top-100 prospects in one of the best plays of the 2026 season on a ridiculous second effort.
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Brewers minor leaguer makes catch of the year bid with unbelievable home run robbery
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