Morash: Fair to question how Mets pitching staff has suddenly dominated
The Mets starting rotation continues to dominate, the latest being Tylor Megill shutting down the Nationals in a blowout win to build a two-game cushion over the Braves in the Wild Card race.
Megill is the latest Mets starter to shine, joining the likes of David Peterson, Sean Manaea, and Luis Severino as unlikely studs who have pulled New York back into the thick of a Wild Card spot.
Due to that sudden and overwhelming success, Morash thought it was fair to raise a question about the authenticity of New York's collective pitching brilliance.
"Time to start asking a couple questions," Morash said. "How is it possible that Sean Manaea and David Peterson and Tylor Megill, how can everyone be having career years? Last year, we had Luis Severino with the Yankees calling himself the worst pitcher in baseball. Maybe it's time to start asking questions.
"I'm not accusing anybody of anything. Just asking the right questions. How could everyone in one year be having a career year pitching wise? Anything going on there? I'm just curious."
Evan asked similar questions about the Rays last season, when some journeymen were thriving at the plate at the same time, but for his Mets, he pointed to pitching coach Jeremy Hefner and the team's new pitching lab as potential reasons for the rotation's brilliant performance and unlikely comeback stories. But Morash wasn't sold on many of the answers, and while he isn't making any direct claims, he believes it's fair to question where all the success is coming from.
Of course, there could be simple answers. Severino was a Cy Young candidate when healthy with the Yankees, and he is now healthy. Megill has always had plus stuff that the Mets believed in, and perhaps it's finally all coming together. But Morash believes it's fair to ask.
"I think we should be asking questions," Morash said. "How all, on the same rotation in the same year, on the same pitching staff where Edwin Diaz had some sticky stuff. I think that maybe it's just worth asking questions.
How could it all come together like this?"
