There is a first time for everything. There is not always a second. On Saturday, Marco Estrada took the hill at Rogers Centre and committed a first. Against Shin-Soo Choo of the Texas Rangers, Estrada received the sign from Luke Maile: Change-up.



“I don’t shake,” Estrada said. “But I stood up there and I kind of stared in, like, is this a joke? It’s the first pitch of the game.”



Estrada did something he has yet to do this season. He shook off Maile.



“I feel like he’s really smart,” said Russell Martin of his understudy. “I don’t think anybody calls the game the same way, but I think he has a purpose with every sign he puts down. There’s a reason behind it, and that’s probably the most important thing.”



The reason behind this sign? Choo was 1-for-12 with six strikeouts in his career against Estrada entering Saturday’s game. Maile picked up on...