Pick off play, review, out confirmed (balk?)

[Thunderheads]

Pick off ..... out call on field, review confirms (good call) ....that being said....... does anyone else see the front knee move before the disengage?

[noumpere]

I did think the initial move looked a little "different" when watched at full speed.  Didn't go through all the replays

 

and, note that F3 "blocked the base" with his foot (to address what was a common theme up in the newbies section a couple of weeks ago).

[Thunderheads]

I did think the initial move looked a little "different" when watched at full speed.  Didn't go through all the replays

 

and, note that F3 "blocked the base" with his foot (to address what was a common theme up in the newbies section a couple of weeks ago).

​that's exactly why I watched the slo-mo .... 

[maven]

That's a pretty big knee bend, something that MLB usually treats as committing F1 to pitch to the batter. We've seen much less balked in the past.

That said, the runner was going on first movement anyway and a dead duck.