There is a reason one is called the pitcher and the other the catcher. Sale and all others are fully free to shake off the catcher's sign. Sale does not do that , but I doubt he throws meatballs to spite Leon (or Vaz). Sale needs to learn to pitch to spots and use his slider as a wipe out pitch when he gets to 2 strikes. Same can be said about a few of the other starters as well. Rodriguez's 3-2 counts, 2 out hits, 2 out walks, etc. are more a product of his weak confidence in his own stuff when the chips are on the line. His mechanics are awful, rarely finishing on balance in the same place on the mound. He is a thrower.