Zack Greinke bizarrely told the Giants what pitches and signs were coming, still got outs

Whoa.

No, Zack Greinke apparently wasn’t sharing his signs and which pitches they were for to make up for the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal.

But it didn’t matter that he did it on Wednesday night in a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. The veteran ace still got outs.

The broadcast of the game caught Greinke shouting to his catcher Martin Maldonado, which sounded like he was either changing the signs with runners on base in the 7th inning or just running through them. Per MLB.com, he said, “Second set after one,” then, “Second set after two.”

Amazingly, as I mentioned, it didn’t matter! He ended up inducing an out on Mauricio Dubon.

On top of that, he’s even throwing out hand signals on the mound and still getting strikes:

That’s actually happened earlier this season:

So what the heck is going on here? No, he’s not trying to get traded. From the Houston Chronicle:

Greinke said he only gives away his signs when runners are aboard. He likes to work fast. Shaking off Maldonado and going to a new set of signs could take too long. …

“I don’t like taking a long time with a man on second base, especially,” Greinke said. “I’m trying to find ways to speed that up. So far this year has been good, but it got messed up today.” …

“Sometimes I call the same pitch that I throw,” Greinke said. “Most of the time it’s not the same pitch.”

That’s unbelievable. But it worked! And if he’s throwing out signs that turn out to be a different pitch than what he’s calling? We may be seeing a whole different head game being played that other pitchers could use.

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