Rigidity between Houston Astros pitcher Framber Valdez and catcher Cesar Salazar could have resulted in Valdez purposely hitting his teammate with a pitch on Tuesday, though he denied it. (Watch the video under.)
Video exhibits Salazar attempting to cease Valdez from throwing a pitch to the New York Yankees’ Trent Grisham, however Valdez ignored him. Grisham hammered the meaty providing for a grand slam within the Yanks’ 7-1 victory.
Moments after the subsequent batter, Anthony Volpe, stepped in, Salazar appeared unprepared for Valdez’s throw. The 90-mile-an-hour-plus pitch struck Salazar within the abdomen.
Salazar seems to have glared at Valdez briefly, suggesting that Valdez threw a sort of pitch that was not agreed upon.
The 2 spoke “emphatically” to one another within the clubhouse afterward, in accordance to MLB.com. They had been known as into supervisor Joe Espada’s workplace, The Athletic reported, additional hinting at uncooked emotions.
However Valdez insisted afterward that he did nothing fallacious.
“We simply acquired crossed up,” Valdez mentioned via a translator, per MLB.com. “I known as for that pitch, I threw it, and we acquired crossed up. Once we went all the way down to the dugout, I excused myself with him and I mentioned sorry to him and I take full duty for that.”
Salazar backed him up and mentioned that crowd noise could have contributed to the confusion.
