When the Mets called up Akeel Morris a few days ago from A-ball, I thought “Well … this is odd. But before I make jokes, let me assume that the scouting staff and the front office knows a little bit more than I do.”
Ummm, well, uuuuummm …
Morris made his Major League debut on Wednesday. It was the kind of game you would expect him to be in … a 3-0 deficit in the eighth inning as the Mets found an opportunity to roll the dice. But the dice came up boxcars as the scariest lineup in baseball was not fooled by Morris’ plus changeup, scoring five runs off him in the eighth inning en route to an 8-0 defeat in Toronto. After the game, Morris was sent down in favor of Logan Verrett, making the move seem even more bizarre as Verrett could have just been called up to begin with. Verrett hadn’t pitched between the 8th and the 14th when Morris was called up so he could have helped the bullpen just as easily, one would think. But somebody smarter than me is going to have to explain this one to me, as Morris … on the 40 man roster … went from St. Lucie to Toronto to Binghamton. (It’s the Bermuda Triangle of the Traveling Secretary.) It’s not exactly calling up Jenrry Mejia in 2010 and telling him to just throw fastballs, but it’s a step below in the the annals of bizarre. Hopefully, this doesn’t have some sort of mental impact that we’re going to find out about in the next five years.
At least Jon Niese was good, holding the Blue Jays to three runs in seven innings. Think about this regarding the Blue Jays against lefties: As a team they’re batting .313 against lefties with an OBP of .372 and an OPS of .876 .. that’s as a team. They’re so scary against lefties that the Orioles sent Wei-Yin Chen … who has a 2.89 ERA … to the minors with “general soreness”. Not the disabled list … the minors. This so that he can pitch in single-A for a start instead of facing the Blue Jays. It’s the “Reverse Akeel”. But Niese held his own as he gave the Mets a quality start against this scary team … in Toronto.
But regardless of Niese, regardless of Morris, and regardless of the cheeseburger spring rolls at Real Sports Bar & Grille at the Air Canada Centre Complex which may or may not fatten up the Mets while north of the border (seriously, if you’re ever up there, go to this ESPNZone equivalent and have some of those things … and try a bacon pierogie or two while you’re at it) you can’t win if you don’t hit. And the Mets couldn’t hit a guy who came into the game with a 5.75 ERA, nor could they hit his bullpen mates. And that ruins everything.
Today’s Hate List
One …
Now it all makes sense. #Cardinals #AstrosPasswords pic.twitter.com/1XkXR6Y5W8
— Ryan Maquiñana (@RMaq28) June 16, 2015
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St. Louis Cardinals announce new jerseys that they totally came up with on their own. pic.twitter.com/hiQBIyWn2c
— Aaron Nemo (@aaronnemo) June 16, 2015
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Three …
in keeping with baseball tradition, a Houston exec should walk into the STL offices and hit their best front office guy with a fastball
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) June 16, 2015
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The #Cardinals hacking scandal is just the beginning…. h/t Adam Goetz pic.twitter.com/KAnev6P2u8
— MLB Memes (@MLBMeme) June 16, 2015
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Five …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxszN_1k6fQ
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