“The catcher needs to know what is coming. There would be 20+ Wild pitches a game if the catcher had to guess”
From a better than average HS Catcher on a very successful Championship Team, THANK YOU. It doesn’t matter whom calls the pitch, but the Catcher has to know what is coming. Pitchers and Catchers whom are familiar with each other get into a rhythm and Pitchers don’t brush off the pitch much wanting to throw something else. Obviously its easier for the Catcher to give the sign (hide) with his hand in his crotch but center field cameras have become the problem especially if the feed isn’t delayed by 5 or ten seconds which I’m sure wasn’t the case for the cheating Astros and Red Sox.
It's kinda funny to see how people with little baseball knowledge perceive the game. Pros make the game look so easy. People can't imagine how difficult it is to catch 98 MPH heat mixed in with 72 MPH curves and other off speed pitches. Third baseman stand there and snag balls going 110 mph turn and throw 90+ MPH over to first and make it look easy. Pro baseball players are on a completely different level of athleticism.