San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Trevor Baurer exchanged words on Twitter after a video suggested Tatis Jr. was looking at Will Smith's signs.
"If you need to know what pitch is coming that badly, just ask daddy nicely next time," tweeted Bauer. "You know I ain't scared homie."
Tatis Jr. fired back with a photo of himself holding a toddler with Bauer's face pasted onto it writing, "Tranquilo Hijo," which translates to "Calm down son."
The alleged 'peeking' fans are referring to took place during the Padres vs. Dodgers game on Sunday, April 25.
"On Saturday night in the sixth inning, Tatis reached far across home plate and powered a Trevor Bauer slider into the left-field seats for his second home run of the game and fourth of the weekend series," wrote Bill Plaschke in the Los Angeles Times. "It was a stretch-and-swing so unlikely, observers wondered, how did he do that?"
But Padres sources said Tatis Jr. was clearly not looking at the signs, saying you can freeze any video at any moment and create the story you want around it, according to MLB.com.
Eric Hosmer addressed the allegations after Sunday's game.
"That was maybe a little bit of confusion on their part," Hosmer said. "I don’t think Tati was looking at signs. I’ve never really seen him do that. I certainly didn’t see it last night."
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