I was watching this video today and it made me think, is this true across all levels of baseball? Cincinnati Reds minor league pitching Coach Mack Jenkins talks about the importance of the catcher calling pitches and not the coach. At the professional level, this may be what works best but at the amateur level this can be disastrous if you have an inexperienced catcher. I call the pitches on my teams and I’ve been blessed with decent catchers. What I do differently is I get input from my catcher. In between innings, I ask him what is working/not working, how we approach a tough hitter, did he notice any vulnerabilities, etc..

How do you handle your teams pitch calling?

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