SECRET behind Sonny Gray's HUGE Pickoff!! How it really unfolded. 

Idiot move

As a Jays fan I couldn't stop screaming from the Cash/Snell flashbacks. I already knew what was coming

This hurts to hear as a jays fan. AGGHHH

I agree, Ben. I'm a Twins fan in Minneapolis so I don't know if that makes my opinion mean more or mean less here, but I thought it was a terrible mistake at the time. We've watched the same thing happen with the Twins on multiple occasions as well. Advanced analytics are a critically important part of modern baseball, but they should never completely exclude the wisdom and gut instinct of the manager.

Schneider's a yes man following orders from analytics department. The Jays chose a rookie manager for this reason, to follow orders, the real fault lies with the gm.

I was thinking that too. It definitely reminded me of Kevin Cash pulling Blake Snell, and also the decision to pull Zack Greinke in the 2019 World Series.

They're the biggest sleepers imo. People better not assume Houston is gonna route them. They might be disappointed.

@@ROFLBOB24 They ate the Astos for breakfast in the regular season, so yeah I think the Twins have a chance.

Was not impressed with Twins pitching staff, Lopez looked good, Gray looked off, Jays lineup just has a propensity to make anyone look like a cy young winner. The Twins didn't score much and will have hands full with Astros.

Please don't tell me that. Our 18 game post-season streak won't give me hope

@@ROFLBOB24no Houston is beatable the twins went 4-2 against them this season

Ha!

You will see him soon

That was what I thought. Not 2nd guessing, I was 1st guessing.

@@PitchingNinjaVideos Yeah! Besides Ninja, how will make an ace of a rotation feel? It's like Snell/Cash all over again 😵

Putting Kituchi in as a relief pitcher when the starter is dealing is "usually" a good move. Do you have any examples of Kituchi being used like this?

They called it as a play at any point before gray comes set, doesn't have to be at that instant. Gray then went through his normal routine, and when he came set there's an internal count for the pick. like 1, 2...pick that they've practiced. Both Correa and Gray know it, so Correa covers and Gray picks after the count. Correa did get there a little early, but it still worked.

Ah, gotcha, thanks!@@PitchingNinjaVideos

I 💯 percent believe that call was specifically for Vlad of the opportunity came

Grey tweeted the signal came from the dugout

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higher ups know they on the out, ahead of time and want to get revenge?

Lol why do you think the manager does them signals hes communicating with players on field

Nope. You just count to say, 2, after you come set. Pretty standard once you know it's on.

He got it from the catcher, not the dugout. The dugout gave it to the catcher via other signs, not pitchcom. It's in the video. Gray hasn't tweeted in about 2 years.

@@PitchingNinjaVideos sorry it wasn't a tweet. It was a video of him speaking. "Signal was relied from SS to the dugout, from the dugout to the catcher through pitchcom..." how is this ok but banging on a trash can wrong? How is this any different than the 2017 Astros?

@@PitchingNinjaVideos read the rules and regulations. The pitchcom rule specifically says pitchcom signals CANNOT be coming from the dugout. Pitchcom can only be used by the players on the field of play. If this was allowed, why not just bang a trash can. What's the difference? How is this any different than the 2017 Astros? John Gibbons, former Jays manager, just tweeted if a pitchcom signal can come from the dugout then the 2017 Astros have to exonerated. If this was the Astros, they'd be raked over the coals. Anyone who called the 2017 Astros cheaters but don't call the 2023 Twins cheaters, is a hypocrite

​@@herotomillions4095i think your off on your info

Obviously in retrospect...but it was a 2-0 game and a 3-2 count with 2 outs. Vladdy wanted to make sure he could score from 2B on a base hit to tie the game, so he was taking a slightly bigger lead and ready to go on the pitch since it was a 3-2 count. So, Correa used Vladdy's situational aggressiveness against him, along with the crowd noise because he couldn't hear the coach yelling to get back because Correa was sneaking in to cover.

It's specifically a feature of PitchCom and how it's supposed to be used.

@@PitchingNinjaVideos Thanks for the reply and rad content! Excuse my ignorance on its features; I thought it was solely to communicate pitch selection.