"Steven Matz looked like a pro in his second start of spring Monday, but his final pitching line wouldn’t show it. Matz allowed four earned runs on five hits (one home run) with two walks and two strikeouts over 2.2 innings during the Mets’ 9-3 loss to Boston."
Your guess is as good as mine as to what this could possibly mean.
"Matz said he wasn’t focusing on the box score and instead just wanted to perfect his curveball, which lost command on Monday. Several of Boston’s hits came on Matz’s 0-2 curveballs because he kept going back to the pitch throughout his outing."
Sounds like he perfected his curveball indeed. A regular Bert Blyleven over here.
"Callaway was impressed with Matz’s ability to make a mid-game change and slow it down on the mound.
'That's
unbelievable,' Callaway said. 'He's growing up. He probably wouldn't of
done that last year. He would've been worried about the result. Now
he’s worried about getting better. Even though he gave up the 0-2 hits,
so what. At least he was working on his craft and trying to get better.' "
"Wouldn't of."
It's a subpar sportswriter dictating the words of a subpar manager describing a subpar pitcher.
Then the Matz portion of the article ends.
The big "unbelievable" to-do is that, even though Steven Matz pitched very poorly, but he did so in a nonchalant manner.
"Wouldn't of."
It's a subpar sportswriter dictating the words of a subpar manager describing a subpar pitcher.
Then the Matz portion of the article ends.
The big "unbelievable" to-do is that, even though Steven Matz pitched very poorly, but he did so in a nonchalant manner.
By the way, I was wrong about Bird.
It was 2017, not 2018.
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