So I've been pretty low on Matt Moore this year given the horrific walk rate of his past and overall inconsistency. It's been pretty easy to stay off the bandwagon as his ERA has been an ungodly poor 7.06 with a below-average 3.32 BB/9 and we haven't had a game that reminded us of the upside the Rays lefty brings to the table...until last night when he went 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 Hits, 0 BBs, 9 Ks against the Orioles. For those that didn't watch it, his Curveball was breaking beautifully and he was pumping Fastballs effectively while missing bats. I'll take his 16/23 first pitch strike rate as the kid threw just 93 pitches across seven innings. For those that want to jump on now, I want to bring caution. He's clearly a major high reward caliber pitcher, but he has a long history of being inconsistent. There is no guarantee that this will continue and he could easily falter in his next start against Boston.
Let’s see what every other SP did yesterday:
