David Morgan

Like, the guys we like as fourth or fifth relievers or starters that were pretty good during the year that you'd think would-

David Morgan [laughs]

... during games.

David Morgan, a ghost.

Davis Martin pitching in mop-up duty.

Like, I just thought the usage might be a little different for both of those guys given the sort of-

I mean, it seems like they're kinda headed towards something like that.

If there was a big trade, I think, you know, it could be something like Mason Miller for arms that can go into the rotation.

All right.

They did not use David Morgan once.

They didn't use Joe Musgrove until the final two innings of the series when they didn't have anybody else.

He put Yuki Masui and Bradley Rodriguez in all four games.

Or they could have gone to him earlier in previous games.

Or David Morgan.

Why were they on the roster instead of maybe like a Wandi Peralta or a Vasquez? I mean, if you want to nitpick, maybe that.

If you're not confident in those guys and you can't use them, and you're going to have to keep going to Matsui, and you're going to have to keep using all these other guys, Robbie Ray and Michael King over and over, why was that the formation of your pitching staff? But when it comes to postseason baseball and you're dealing with this particular pitching staff, it's really hard for me to criticize Stam and knowing the shortcomings of the staff.

Of course, fans are going to disagree with certain things, but in the postseason, I think he realized that we have to go to our top guys again and again and again.

And so, like, he didn't go to David Morgan at all, for example.

I was surprised by that because I thought David Morgan could have helped.

But he kept going to Bradley.

He kept going to Yuki.

That's the group.

And personally, I didn't have an issue with that.

David Morgan was the only one that stuck out to me, but I didn't have an issue with that.

Yeah, you're exactly right, I think.

you know, David Morgan didn't pitch.

He was the only one I think that didn't pitch on our staff.

Um, and today was kind of a, we used everybody that we had and we needed somebody that if this game got tied up in the ninth, that we had somebody to kind of help us go.

I mean, they gave up three runs in a nine-inning game, like Craig alluded to.

And there was a good question there towards the end.

It actually was asked in regards to David Morgan, who didn't end up pitching in this series.

And what was evident as this series went along, and this remained true even with Maura Hohn, who apparently was available here tonight.

You're, you're exactly right.

I think, you know, David Morgan didn't pitch.

He was the only one I think that didn't pitch on our staff.

Um, and today was kind of a we used everybody that we had, and we needed somebody that if this game got tied up in the ninth, that we had somebody to kind of help us go.

Who, who's available?

David Morgan, he's well rested.

Mason Moore-

So we haven't seen Joe Musgrove.

Jason Adam, who's pitched every day, Michael King, who has to be cooked, Mason Miller, who may or may not come back, but is an inning guy anyway.

David Morgan, Joe Musgrove, Nick Pivetta, Brantley Rodriguez, or this is probably who it's gonna be, Randy Vasquez, right, who did get some starts this year.

And you send him out there on the basis that basically if one or two guys get on, you're done, but we need you to at least give us four innings or, or get through the lineup a couple of times in a, in a really ideal world.

Yeah.