Toronto Blue Jays counting on Brandon Morrow to shake off jitters - MLB News
Toronto Blue Jays' manager John Farrell was available on Thursday, September 8, in Toronto, Ontario to talk about a few things on his mind. One thing happened to be Brandon Morrow’s recent shaky form. The skipper took the opportunity to talk about his second
choice pitcher and he revealed that the club was hoping he could get past his struggles on the field.
Morrow opened the game for the Blue Jays against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night and failed to contain the opposition as the ball thrower conceded eight runs on eight hits. Featuring in just 4.1 innings before he was replaced, Morrow moved to his sixth
bad start in the last seven games. Though the player did not pick up the loss, as the Toronto side managed to oust the Boston Red Sox 11–10, he did manage to move on to an ERA of 5.12.
Considering the last seven games, Morrow stands on one win, five defeats and an ERA of 6.59. The last time Morrow won a game was on August 17 against the Seattle Mariners.
The player says he has not been able to pitch his fastballs on the first base side of home base, as they usually turn towards the middle of the plate, causing an undesired effect.
Morrow said, "When the ball leaks back, when you're going to the glove side, typically your body is ahead of your arm just enough for your arm to drag. Whether that's because of the time of the year, whether that's with fatigue as being part of a factor
- that you don't have the ability to muscle through and catch up to that spot in your delivery to execute that location – (is uncertain)."
The Blue Jays lay a lot of faith in Morrow and Farrell is personally working hard to push the star to the maximum. The hurler has pitched in 153 innings this season and that is his current career high. The team is looking to increase that to between 170–180
innings. They want to use his performance on the mound as an advantage for the next season. The only issue is whether the star can maintain his consistency or not.
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