Tag: Chris Bassitt

Lip-readers think Chris Bassitt had a hilarious NSFW message for Yordan Alvarez after getting shelled repeatedly

Yordan Alvarez is giving Chris Bassitt a hard time.

Pitching to Yordan Alvarez is no fun for anybody, but especially not for Toronto Blue Jays righty Chris Bassitt.

Even before Wednesday’s game against the Houston Astros, his career numbers against the slugger were sub-optimal, albeit on a small sample size. After the game, the sample size increased but the numbers got worse.

Alvarez went 4-for-5 in the game with two home runs and three RBI, and three of those hits came off Bassitt, including the third-inning home run and an RBI double in the fourth inning. Once the fourth ended, Bassitt had a few words for Alvarez.

Lip-readers think he said “you’re [expletive] killing me, man.”

If that is what he said, he would be right. Alvarez is now 8-for-18 with five home runs in his career against Bassitt.

The Mets’ Chris Bassitt resorted to mouthing ‘what pitch?’ as PitchCom’s playoff issues continued

MLB should have seen that one coming.

When Major League Baseball introduced technology to the pitcher-catcher communication in an effort to battle sign stealing, it was generally seen as a positive move for the game. But leave it to MLB to not test the system for a postseason-baseball environment.

The system — called PitchCom — allows the catcher to call pitches from his wrist, which then relays the call through an audio feed in the pitcher’s cap. PitchCom was tested in spring training and used throughout the regular season. But clearly, someone didn’t check to see how PitchCom would respond in a significantly louder postseason atmosphere.

Mets pitcher Chris Bassit learned about that the hard way during Sunday’s NL Wild Card Game 3 against the Padres.

With the Citi Field crowd on their feet and making noise, Bassit was seen straight-up asking Tomas Nido what pitch to throw. He simply could not hear the PitchCom feed over a playoff-caliber crowd.

Of course, the Mets — and any home playoff team — could communicate to the crowd that they need relative quiet to hear PitchCom. It should be approached in the same way a home football crowd gets quiet while the home team is on offense. Or, you know, MLB could have an in-ear piece for pitchers instead of an audio system in a cap. Otherwise, the system is just about useless for playoff games and actually slows the pace of play.

It shouldn’t be so difficult.

Understandably, MLB fans were not impressed with how PitchCom has handled playoff baseball.

Umpire Chad Fairchild apologized to Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt for missing a strike call

“My bad!”

Angel Hernandez could learn a thing or two from Chad Fairchild here.

On Monday, in the middle innings of the New York Mets game versus the Atlanta Braves, pitcher Chris Bassitt had Dansby Swanson in a 2-2 count with two outs. Bassitt delivered what seemed to be a strike at first glance, as he even started walking off the field after retiring the side, but umpire Fairchild called the pitch a ball, extending the inning to the surprise of… well everyone!

Bassitt was clearly not happy with the call, as the pitch was not only over the plate but also above Swanson’s knees. Thankfully for the Mets, Bassitt was able to get out of the inning cleanly after that mishap. But surprisingly, in between innings Fairchild apologized to Bassitt for missing the call!

In the universal symbol of “my bad” Fairchild owned up to the missed call and Bassitt accepted it with a quick head nod. Now that’s how you settle officiating disputes!

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