stinger78
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And... Morton muscles up on the Pirates. 6-1 win. Nice game! His slash was 6.1 IP/ 0 ER/ 3 H/ 0 HR/ 7 K/ 1 BB. He tossed 104 pitches with 66 of them being strikes. That's a good ratio for a guy who lives on the edges. Also, his GO/FO ratio was 8/2. Excellent! It tells me his junk was working pretty well.
Morton, though he has had a couple of headscratcher games, is quietly putting together a pretty solid season - especially for a 40-year-old. He's now 5-4, having been the victim of some pretty bad relief pitcher performances, with a 3.89 ERA over 5.2 IP with 87 K against 36 BB and sporting a 1.25 WHIP. That's not bad at all for the 4th pitcher in the rotation. You guys banging on him need to take a look at his production. Of course, comparing him to Sale (2.79 ERA/0.92 WHIP), Fried (3.00 ERA/1.07 WHIP), and Lopez (1.70 ERA/ 1.11 WHIP) can make any 4th guy look worse than he is.
Morton, though he has had a couple of headscratcher games, is quietly putting together a pretty solid season - especially for a 40-year-old. He's now 5-4, having been the victim of some pretty bad relief pitcher performances, with a 3.89 ERA over 5.2 IP with 87 K against 36 BB and sporting a 1.25 WHIP. That's not bad at all for the 4th pitcher in the rotation. You guys banging on him need to take a look at his production. Of course, comparing him to Sale (2.79 ERA/0.92 WHIP), Fried (3.00 ERA/1.07 WHIP), and Lopez (1.70 ERA/ 1.11 WHIP) can make any 4th guy look worse than he is.
Of course, this does seem to play into a post I made earlier in that Schwellenbach may prove to be that homegrown starter that works better in the bullpen. Could be the cheap way to replace Iglesias. Unfortunately, this also requires a lot of things to fall correctly into place.