Catcher and pitcher communication and paranoia, a breakdown

usually when there's a runner on second

you think he's peeking in and trying to

tell the hitter what's coming so you do

a sequence I also like that let me go

back a little bit

Gary flicks the thumb up which usually

means the high pitch is coming if

anyone's watching it doesn't this is a

low pitch

so they got a sequence going with no one

on Gary's doing whatever he can to trick

them and it's just the whole game these

little things are going on I love the

communication between the pitcher and

the catcher look how late Gary's setting

up in his location because he doesn't

want anyone signaling to the batter

outside inside high down so he's just

waiting a lot of pitchers might want to

see the glove so they know where they're

aiming can't risk it everyone's paranoid

look how late he sets up into the spot

he wants to be to not get yelling at

himself they're mad and then he's doing

when they want it high they want him to

chase that pitch or just see it so he's

setting up hide let him know he doesn't

care if they know but other times he

fakes the glove high and then goes low

does this work I don't know probably not

but they do it just in case people are

looking at where he sets up if they're

cheating if someone's relaying another

thing is getting the ball back to the

pitcher fast in a rhythm and this isn't

special to Gary Sanchez where Moss

here's naka this every catcher does this

it's just cool I like it so look how

fast he gets it back you want to keep

the pitcher in a good rhythm and keep

them going especially when they're

feeling good even when you take a foul

ball to the thigh and the umpires trying

to call timeout to see if you're okay

you say no no no no no blue I'm keeping

massa and his rhythm Lucas took this

ball right to the thigh the umpire and

the catcher usually I have an agreement

like we'll call timeout for each other

if we get banged up he doesn't and then

look at this I like the positive

Reformation the catcher gives the

pitcher like I that was close I know we

should have had it I thought it was good

nice pitch a lot of communication goes

on without saying any words haha yeah I

thought wouldn't look good to gets out

of the inning here with the pop-up and

Gary's happy form and clapping the glove

I like watching that little stuff

and this is a cool at-bat so takes the

splitter there Gary goes up gets there's

a called strike nods his head so he

fakes high they go low and Gary nods his

head like no even though he didn't chase

but that's a good pitch but Gary says

well he spat on that so let's change the

sequence so he tells Tanaka they're

changing the sequence

Tanaka looks in his hat and he's like

okay I got the new sequence we're good

to go

fakes high again goes low gets the K now

here's another at-bat where stuff like

this happens Altuve is up and he's gonna

chase that pitch and then he's not

chasing the slider right there I mean it

was pretty bad pitch way off the zone he

doesn't chase that splitter just looks

at it and then he's got a doesn't chase

that one the next one he's got a big

swing and we're kind of getting deep in

the count four pitches have been thrown

that's the fifth pitch and you can see

Gary he holds up the three fingers top

left and then points to the wristband

tells Tanaka we're changing the sequence

we've thrown five pitches he took a big

hack at that one let's change it up

maybe they're on to something big swing

again and then he's gonna get him

swinging and that ends the inning and

then that ends the video