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Mike Morgan
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players
Pitching His sinking two-seam fastball and slider produce tons of groundballs. He's unflappable on the mound, possessing the confidence to throw any of his offerings at any time in the count. Morgan performs extremely well in the late innings, but unfortunately his endurance prevents him from getting there very often. Morgan can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Morgan also has a decent changeup. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Morgan, and that's saying a lot. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties. He struggles away from home.
Defense & Hitting Morgan is nothing special in the field. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Morgan is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Morgan has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Morgan as a pinch-runner on occasion.
-- Moostard Nyman
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