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Tigers take more caution with signs in Cleveland
- Updated: September 18, 2016
CLEVELAND — Justin Verlander and Jarrod Saltalamacchia looked like a pitcher and catcher struggling to find the same page on the game plan in the early innings Saturday, resetting signs while Verlander stepped off and on the pitching rubber. And to a degree, that was the case; Saltalamacchia hadn’t caught a Verlander start since June 26, when the Indians rocked him for four home runs at Comerica Park.
Still, there was a little more to it than that. As former Tigers pitcher C.J. Nitkowski noted on the Fox Sports 1 broadcast, the Tigers looked wary of anyone spotting their signs, whether or not a runner was on second base.
“We’re careful about signs here,” manager Brad Ausmus said after Verlander delivered seven scoreless innings in Saturday’s 1-0 loss. “There’s no accusation or anything. …
