Jose Berrios yelled at Cal Raleigh for stealing signs, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the fourth inning, catcher Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners steps up to the plate against starting pitcher José Berríos of the Toronto Blue Jays. Raleigh reaches base with a leadoff single, drawing the attention of Berríos on the mound. Berríos then retires the next two Mariners batters, including a strikeout of Rowdy Tellez. As Raleigh stands on second base, Berríos becomes increasingly suspicious that Raleigh is stealing his signs and relaying them to his teammates. Berríos calls time and has a brief discussion with the home plate umpire, then stares intently at Raleigh, warning him, "I know what you're doing." Raleigh denies any wrongdoing, but the tension is palpable as Berríos prepares to face the next batter. On the very next pitch, Berríos closely watches Raleigh's arm movements, trying to decipher if he is indeed giving away the upcoming pitch. Raleigh appears to be subtly signaling information to the batter, prompting Berríos to confront him directly, shouting, "I know what you're doing! I know what you're doing!" The benches begin to clear as the two players exchange words, with Raleigh's Mariners teammates coming to his defense. Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo also approaches the scene, trying to calm the situation. Berríos continues to accuse Raleigh of stealing signs, insisting that it "ruins [his] whole game plan of tricking the batters." After the heated exchange, the umpires restore order and the game resumes. Raleigh is unable to capitalize on his baserunning opportunity, flying out to end the inning. As Berríos walks off the mound, he once again confronts Raleigh, reiterating his belief that the catcher was relaying the Blue Jays' pitching signs. This intense confrontation highlights the ongoing battle between pitchers and baserunners over sign-stealing, a common tactic in baseball that often sparks controversy and heated exchanges between the opposing teams.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentOkay. I know what you doing. I know what
you doing. I know what you doing. Yeah.
What does he know? This breakdown's
brought to you by SeatGeek. Well,
Bereios is on the mound and the fourth
inning starts with Cali at the dish. Big
dumper they call him because of the size
of his butt. First pitch to Cal. Fast
ball outside. Turns on it. Gimenez gets
a glove on it but can't corral it. And
he's safe at first base. They get the
leadoff runner on. He's going to watch
the pitcher intensely as he pitches to
Randy
Rosarena and eventually gets him to pop
out to the infield. That's the first out
of the inning. Next batter comes to the
plate, rallying. And that's a ball
outside. That's a ball outside. That's a
ball up. And that's a ball outside.
That's going to be four balls. Take your
base. That moves Cal to second base
where now he has a decent view. And
Rowdy Tles comes up. And you tell me
what you see. What do you see? That was
a nice breaking ball for strike one. 01
fast ball fouled back. We got another
fast ball coming. Fouled back again. And
then with two strikes, he's going to
switch it up. Go change up and gets the
strike out. Now after that, the pitching
coach is going to make a mound visit and
he's going to walk out. Mario is like,
"What's going on?" Okay. All right. All
right, I'll step off. You're good.
What's he What's he coming to talk to me
about? Cute little face there. He comes
out and he's going to talk to him in the
infield and say, "Hey, both don't look
at once, but he's given your signs." And
they both look at once and totally
botchit cuz now they're on to that
He's on to me. What did they
see? What was Cal doing? Here's the
first pitch, the breaking ball that gets
in there. And there was no sign given
here. Now, this was the second pitch.
You could see it very slightly that his
right arm is dangling. And you can see
it very not slight there. Right arm
dangling, fast ball. Left arm dangling,
not a fast ball. And I don't know if
Rowdy knows that Cal's relaying these
because he did not look ready for that
change up, but that's what he's trying
to signal to him. There you go. That's
the secret tale of the dangling arms.
Which one's dangling? That's the pitch
that's coming. It seems like his
teammates don't know what he's trying to
tell them. I don't know how he knows
what's coming. He could be just seeing
the the grip in the pitcher's hand or
the setup or something the catcher's
doing. I couldn't figure it out. But now
Briio is like looking at him like, "All
right, you going to do it? I got We're
on to you, dude. Are you going to give
my sign?" Here we go. Next batter comes
up. There's two outs, two on. Here's
Cal. And the left arm is loose. It's not
that dangly, but it was loose and it was
a breaking ball. And he does fly out
again. I don't know if the batters are
aware that he's giving them the signals.
He comes off the mound, spits, and says,
"Hey, hey, you have the signs. You You
have the sign." Yeah. No. Okay. Okay.
Fine. Then Kyle's like, "Nah, man. Nah.
What are you talking about?" Says,
"Okay, I know what you're doing. I know
what you're doing. I know what you're
doing." Okay. And now Kyle's like, "Are
you what's going on?" He walks towards
him. Everyone gets in the middle. He's
okay. All good. I'm just saying. I
understand, but I don't like it because
that kind of ruins my whole game plan of
tricking the batters if you're doing it.
So, for those that are watching that
don't watch baseball a lot, this is
pretty common. You're allowed to do
that. There's the change up. There is
the slerve or whatever they call it. And
here's the grips. This is just some
extra content at the end because I like
looking at pitches. Look at the finger
pressure on the laces on the left side.
The pointer finger is pulling that lace
down on the right side. The middle
finger is pulling that lace across his
body. And that is the difference between
the breaking ball and the change up.
Pretty cool. You can see the spins on
the ball is different. Just the grip and
the release. Here's the change up. Bam.
Rips it that way. And it's going to dart
and dive to the right. Here is the
slerve. And he's going to hold that
loosely and spin it. top spin, which is
gonna dive it down. And that's what
happened here. Relaying signs from
second base. Part of the game natural.
As long as he's getting those signs in a
legal way. If they're not using
technology, then it's all good. Pitcher
has a right to say, "I don't like that."
But that's kind of all. If you go to a
live game and you see a runner on
second, see if he's doing anything. See
if the arm's dangling. See if he steps
back one. He steps right one. Sometimes
they give fake signs just to mess with
the pitcher and the catcher. Sometimes
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