According to Statcast, Russell covered 106.8 feet with a 98.5% route efficiency to make the play.
Russell hasn’t yet hit as well as some of the Majors’ other great young shortstops like Corey Seager, Carlos Correa, Francisco Lindor and Xander Bogaerts, but he provides a ton of value with his glove. He’s probably the NL’s second best defender at short behind the wizardly Brandon Crawford of the Giants, so he’s already a very good player at age 22. And the improvement Russell has showed at the plate between his 2015 rookie season and this one suggests he could soon emerge as a full-blown superstar.
Teammate Matt Szczur is impressed.
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