Red Sox star Ceddanne Rafaela made a mind-blowing 5% catch vs. Astros without even diving

Ceddanne Rafaela made a catch for the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday that was almost impossible.

The fact that he robbed the Houston Astros of extra bases without even diving is even more crazy.

We'll start with the numbers: Jake Meyers was hitting with runners on first and second with two outs, and he roped a line drive the other way to deep right-center. Rafaela raced it down and snatched it out of the air for a third out. It had a 5% catch probability.

If you weren't watching closely, though, it may not have seemed that difficult a catch. That's because of the optics of Rafaela making the grab standing up.

He was in full stride, but he didn't have to dive. Could it have been that hard a catch?

Yes, it could. He covered an absurd amount of ground in no time at all.

If you watch this highlight a couple times, you'll realize that it looks like a sure-thing extra-base hit off Meyers' bat, and then Rafaela glides out of nowhere to snag it:

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Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet walked off the mound with some frustration, because he hadn't put together a good first inning.

But hopefully later he tracked down Rafaela to thank him. Without that insane catch, the inning would've been so much worse.

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