Are You Tipping Your Pitches?

How Not To Let A Hitter Know What Pitch Is Coming

Just as pitchers look for things in hitters, hitters look for things in pitchers. Hitters will try to find out what pitch you are throwing, where you are throwing it, any routines you have that they can read. They are just as bad as us when it comes to trying to get the advantage. So that's another part of our job, not letting them have that advantage.

A pitcher has to be aware when a hitter knows something. Sometimes when hitters no what pitch is coming they will use verbal signs from the bench. If a fastball is coming they will say the hitter's first name and if it's a breaking ball they will say his last name. Pitchers have to be aware of this so you can switch the signs if you need to.