Braves catcher William Contreras hilariously tried to fool an ump on a really bad pitch and MLB fans loved it

All we can do is stand and applaud this hilarious attempt to fool an umpire.

MLB umpires have been really bad this year so who can fault a player who wants to try to sneak one past a guy in blue and trick one into getting a bad call for his team?

That’s what Atlanta Braves catcher William Contreras apparently tried to do last night in Washington and it almost kind of worked for him.

Catchers are known to try to frame pitches and make balls look like strikes in hopes that the ump will think it was indeed a strike. Contreras took that to a hilarious level on this pitch by Bryce Elder which wasn’t even close to being a strike:

Now that is some fine work there Contreras and a heck of an effort to sneak one past the ump. It didn’t work but I have to applaud the effort and also applaud how easy he made that look.

MLB fans loved it, too.