What would’ve happened if Eduardo Núñez was Playing 2 feet farther back?

The 9th inning. Gleyber Torres up. Man on 1st and 2nd. Red Sox winning 4-3. Then, every big-time yankee fan knew what happened next: Gleyber Torres fell behind in the count (1-2), and hit a short skipper to 3rd, which Eduardo Núñez fielded quickly, and shot it to 1st base, and after a challenge from Boone, the Red Sox celebrated their ALDS championship, and moved on to face the Astros.

Everyone in New York city who follows baseball knows that bit, what if Eduardo Núñez was playing his usual 117 feet away from home plate instead of the 115 feet that he played on that fateful day? ( He was playing 117 ft away on the 0-1 pitch, but then he shifted to 115 ft for the 1-1. Can he see the future? I don’t know.)

Well, first off, what would’ve changed? Well, Eduardo Núñez threw the ball at around 86 MPH, and 1st base was around 96 ft away, so it would take around 3 long seconds to reach 1st base, but with the bounce, then it would’ve taken closer to 3.9 secs. Gleyber’s sprint speed is the 2nd fastest in the Yankees,  at 28.456 feet per second, and 1st base is 90 feet away, so it would’ve taken 3.16277762159 seconds for Torres to reach first base, and he would’ve beaten the throw, and the Yankees’ rally would’ve continued, and the bases would’ve been loaded for Andrew McCutchen, or a pinch hitter, and if they got a hit, the Yankees would’ve tied the game, and they might’ve even made it to the World Series.

But now, well, the best we can do now is to hope this all happened in an alternate universe.