Matt Morris really wants to stay in San Francisco
So after the Giants come back from a 6-0 deficit against the Dodgers, including a grand slam from a gimpy Randy Winn, go through 12 innings, use all but one player on the roster and lose 8-7, my only thought this morning was this:
They can never trade Matt Morris now.
The old man who had so much magic early in the season is showing his true colors the last month or so. We knew during his 2.50 ERA May that he wasn’t that good. This is the man who threw the fifth-lowest amount of pitches over 80 mph last season and hasn’t struck out at least six batters per nine since 2003. Even looking at his month-by-month splits, he had a 1.58 whip in five April starts, almost as bad as his 1.64 in two July starts.
Following his June 11 start against the Blue Jays, a complete game win where he gave up three runs, Morris was positioning himself as one of the top available starters for July if the Giants remained out of it. All he needed to do was to not blow up down the stretch and it seemed as if the Giants would have something to negotiate with.
But as one month of outstanding performance can make a mediocre veteran seem like the last piece a contender needs to get into the playoffs, so can one mistimed week destroy it. In his last five starts Morris has given up six or more runs three times. He gave up more than three once in his previous 13 to start the season. His ERA has gone from 2.56 after the Blue Jays game to 3.86 after his six-run fifth on Saturday.
Morris still had interest from some teams even on Saturday. Andrew Baggarly in the Merc reported that a Mariners scout was in attendance, who we can only hope lost the notes from the game on the way back to Washington. And this lovely message was on Morris’ Rotoworld page today:
At this point it seems the Giants will get nothing for Morris they can use unless they are desperately short on baseball and things to carry them in.
They can never trade Matt Morris now.
The old man who had so much magic early in the season is showing his true colors the last month or so. We knew during his 2.50 ERA May that he wasn’t that good. This is the man who threw the fifth-lowest amount of pitches over 80 mph last season and hasn’t struck out at least six batters per nine since 2003. Even looking at his month-by-month splits, he had a 1.58 whip in five April starts, almost as bad as his 1.64 in two July starts.Following his June 11 start against the Blue Jays, a complete game win where he gave up three runs, Morris was positioning himself as one of the top available starters for July if the Giants remained out of it. All he needed to do was to not blow up down the stretch and it seemed as if the Giants would have something to negotiate with.
But as one month of outstanding performance can make a mediocre veteran seem like the last piece a contender needs to get into the playoffs, so can one mistimed week destroy it. In his last five starts Morris has given up six or more runs three times. He gave up more than three once in his previous 13 to start the season. His ERA has gone from 2.56 after the Blue Jays game to 3.86 after his six-run fifth on Saturday.
Morris still had interest from some teams even on Saturday. Andrew Baggarly in the Merc reported that a Mariners scout was in attendance, who we can only hope lost the notes from the game on the way back to Washington. And this lovely message was on Morris’ Rotoworld page today:
… his trade value should be mostly gone. He's not someone any contender should feel confident about starting in October.
At this point it seems the Giants will get nothing for Morris they can use unless they are desperately short on baseball and things to carry them in.
Labels: Doom, Giants, Matt Morris, Transactions
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