Morrow tosses complete-game gem: Toronto starter Brandon Morrow pitched a complete-game gem on Saturday afternoon in interleague action against the Mets. Morrow shut down the Mets' lineup all afternoon with nine shutout innings for his second complete-game shutout in his last four outings. Morrow allowed just three base hits and one walk in the game. He struck out eight batters and needed just 107 pitches to go the distance. His ERA lowered to 2.63 on the year and his record improves to 5-2 with the win. (Updated 05/19/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/23/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Morrow dropped his previous start in ugly fashion against the Rays, but has otherwise been pretty spotless of late. Take away that start against Tampa, and Morrow has allowed two earned runs in his last 38 2/3 innings with a plethora of strikeouts over that span. In fact, Morrow has 54 Ks over 61 2/3 innings and that ratio is climbing in the right direction. He can be active in most mixed Fantasy leagues. His next start comes on Friday at Texas. (Updated 05/19/2012).
05/20/2012 08:36 Top 70 starters for Week 8
A lot to take into consideration before setting your pitching staffs for Fantasy Week 8. Our Al Melchior runs through his Top 70 starting options and has all the matchups.
05/19/2012 15:50 Jays' Morrow fires 3-hit shutout vs. Mets
Brandon Morrow pitched his second shutout in four starts, blanking the Mets on three hits and leading the Toronto Blue Jays over New York 2-0 on Saturday.
05/15/2012 11:00 Albert and the Angels are making shutout history
The Angels have been shut out an incredible eight times in the first 36 games of the season, matching the highest total for any team in the 95 years that baseball-reference.com can search through. Is it all Albert Pujols' fault? Of course not, but in the eight shutouts, Pujols is 3-for-31 (.097).
05/15/2012 03:13 The Lineup: Red Sox on a roll, Braves have a case of the Mondays
Red Sox lefty Jon Lester threw his first nine-inning complete game since 2010 as Boston has put together a four-game winning streak. In Atlanta, the Braves dropped to 0-6 on Mondays this season.
05/14/2012 22:42 Bullpen carries Rays over Blue Jays
Cesar Ramos got his first career win after replacing the injured Jeff Niemann, and Ben Zobrist homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Monday night.
The easy reaction to Brandon Morrow's 2011 season would be to call it a disappointment. He didn't break through as the ace so many Fantasy owners believed he could be. In fact, his ERA ballooned to 4.72. But just because that's the easy reaction doesn't mean it's the correct one. True, he disappointed the many Fantasy owners who bought into him as a top-30 starting pitcher, but maybe their expectations were too high to begin with. After all, he didn't even pitch 150 innings in 2010. How many more was he going to get in 2011? Of course, most Fantasy owners probably could have lived with the low innings total if he produced better percentages, but ... well, look at that. He did. Yeah, the ERA wasn't great, but he lowered his WHIP to a respectable 1.29 and overcame his biggest shortcoming of all by producing a career-low walk rate. And he did it while still leading the AL in strikeout rate. By every indication but the ERA, 2011 was a step forward for the 27-year-old right-hander, which means maybe the ERA isn't the best way to assess him. Now that he's within striking distance of 200 innings, Morrow could still have the breakout season that everyone was predicting for him last year. Only now, he's available outside the top 40 starting pitchers. (Updated 2/1/12)
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