Let me start with 1.yes I know this is the major leagues and 2. the Mariners REALLY needed Taijuan to get into the 6th inning yesterday so pitch count matters.
However whenever I was coaching KIDS and they were having trouble with a certain pitch or release point or etc AND I was not able to talk the pitcher through the corrections needed... I would take the back up catcher and the pitcher to the bullpen and work on what was wrong DURING the game. This way hopefully the pitcher could make the needed correction and be ready for the next inning. Usually this only took 5 to 8 pitches and normally was very quick.
Now again I can see how a MLB player may not appreciate being called out like this BUT there has to be somewhere that Waits could take Taijuan and try to fix his release point on this pitch between innings.
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