9/1/25 1:10PM Mets @ Tigers

[GalagaGuy]

Morton has a pretty good fastball, why not give Soto some high heat and hope he chases it?  Obviously you don't want to mess up and put one down the middle, but that curve ball that didn't curve was basically a batting practice pitch.   

[gehringer_2]

The best pitch to hit is always the one you were looking for.

The long time theory in baseball is that even if you know the hitter may be sitting dead red, it's still harder to barrel up velo, so when you are down to just hope, throw the fastball. And if you are Will Vest or esp Aroldis Chapman, that probably still holds. But I don't know how much that holds anymore for a guy Morton with a relatively 'hittable' FB in a league where the hitters have adjusted to handling 100. If your fastball is of the hittable variety, you either need to locate it (And Morton was having trouble commanding it) or throw off-speed, and in either case if you leave the pitch over the plate you may end up in trouble. So I won't argue too much with what he decided to throw.

The bigger problem is we have three starters that you can't trust past three innings and a bullpen that is isn't up to that level of support. When he issues his 4th walk in as many innings - in a perfect world you don't even want Morton to face the heart of the order again even if it is only the 4th inning. Maybe if he has Hurter, Eglert, Holton, Brieske lined up like he did last season he goes and gets him anyway, but how can you want to do that with this BP?

It's frustrating but unless some of these pitchers raise their game it's going to be a bumpy ride.

Edited 8 hours ago by gehringer_2

[casimir]

6 hours ago, holygoat said:

No matter what happens, this is Morton's last batter.

 

6 hours ago, holygoat said:

And that'll do it. Game over.

Come on, you couldn't have gone with "Even though Morton will strike out Soto to end the inning, his day will be done."?

[holygoat]

4 hours ago, casimir said:

 

Come on, you couldn't have gone with "Even though Morton will strike out Soto to end the inning, his day will be done."?

I could've, but my confidence was low.