San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman made an inexplicable baserunning mistake during the ninth inning of Sunday\u2019s 5-2 loss to the New York Mets, and the SNY Mets broadcast didn\u2019t hesitate to call him out on it.<\/p>\n
Trailing 5-2 in the ninth with no outs and nobody else on base, Chapman decided to try to steal second base, and failed. Chapman was caught stealing on a throw from Mets catcher Luis Torrens, who had MLB\u2019s best percentage (41%) of throwing out would-be base-stealers, as SNY showed on the broadcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you doing running on this cat?!\u201d SNY play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen asked, in shock. \u201cTorrens bags another one! A terrible decision by Chapman as he gets gunned down for the first out of the ninth with his team down by three runs!\u201d<\/p>\n
Gary Cohen: \u201cA terrible decision by Chapman as he gets gunned down for the first out of the ninth with his team down by three runs!\u201d<\/p>\n
Todd Zeile: \u201cGunned down, and rightly so. His run means nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cohen: \u201cIt caps off a horrible, no good, awful week for Matt Chapman.\u201d #MLB<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/zzsUlDvLHA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBoy, that\u2019s a free out right there,\u201d SNY color commentator Todd Zeile said. \u201cMaybe [Mets first baseman Mark Vientos] knew something we didn\u2019t, thinking that Chapman was going to try to go. I thought that was less likely than anything else we could imagine. But, gunned down, and you know, rightly so. His run means nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, that\u2019s just craziness,\u201d Cohen said.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, it caps off a horrible, no-good, awful week for Matt Chapman,\u201d Cohen continued. \u201cJust an inexplicable decision!\u201d<\/p>\n Cohen and Zeile nailed it on how awful that baserunning decision was by Chapman.<\/p>\n Down multiple runs in the ninth, the goal is to get traffic on the basepaths and not run into outs. If the opposition happens to align the defense so that it looks like a \u201cdefensive indifference\u201d and is letting the baserunner freely take second base, that\u2019s one thing. Otherwise, the risk is not at all worth it. Additionally, the Giants ended up adding one more baserunner in the ninth, so the Giants could have had the tying run come to the plate \u2014 and one more out to work with \u2014 if not for Chapman\u2019s gaffe.<\/p>\n As for Cohen\u2019s point about Chapman\u2019s week- yeah, it was rough.<\/p>\n Chapman told teammate Casey Schmitt to \u201ccatch the f*cking ball\u201d after Schmitt was unable to handle his throw during the Giants\u2019 game against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cCatch the fucking ball.\u201d<\/p>\n Matt Chapman to Casey Schmitt after Schmitt couldn\u2019t come up with the ball on this throw to first base pic.twitter.com\/AcINGkVi8a<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n On Saturday, Chapman bobbled a groundball before throwing it away, allowing two Mets runs to score in a 9-0 New York win.<\/p>\n \u201cCatch the fucking ball.\u201d<\/p>\n Matt Chapman to Casey Schmitt after Schmitt couldn\u2019t come up with the ball on this throw to first base pic.twitter.com\/AcINGkVi8a<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n And in the eighth inning of Sunday\u2019s game, Chapman made a diving stop at third base, but first baseman Rafael Devers was unable to handle his throw in the dirt, allowing a Mets run to score.<\/p>\n Have to wonder if Matt Chapman wishes Rafael Devers caught this ball pic.twitter.com\/sEcs8ea28E<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Talkin\u2019 Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Chapman, a one-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner, is in year two of a six-year, $151 million contract with San Francisco.<\/p>\n \t