Rhys Hoskins is confident in his catcher.
Hoskins expressed as much to a national audience on Saturday. Mic’d up on the FOX broadcast during the top of the third inning, Hoskins asked three-time American League MVP Mike Trout — who had reached first via a fielder’s choice — if he was planning to steal on J.T. Realmuto. Told that Trout didn’t even have a steal attempt on the season, Hoskins pressed him on it, and (rhetorically) asked whether that moment — with Realmuto behind the dish — was the right time to change that:
Ultimately, it wasn’t.