Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake is happy Jordan Montgomery is pitching well as for the Cardinals, but has one issue that he doesn’t agree with.
“I didn’t really have much faith in my heater at the Yankees. I had been told that it wasn’t that good compared to my other pitches and if I was gonna get hit, it was gonna be on a curveball or changeup, which isn’t how you can pitch.”That was before Montgomery had his worst start since joining the Cardinals in an 8-4 loss to the Brewers in which he allowed allowed six runs, four earned, in five innings. But in his seven previous starts with St. Louis, Montgomery had a 1.45 ERA and a 0.
The trade of Montgomery looks worse because Harrison Bader, the player acquired from St. Louis, has been rehabbing from plantar fasciitis since before the deal and has yet to make his Yankees debut.“I don’t think we would change anything about how we used [Montgomery],’’ Blake said. “There’s definitely something to him being convicted to his plan and trusting the four-seamer when he throws it. But if you look at his pitches overall objectively, it’s the least of his pitches.
“It’ll be interesting to see over the long haul how that plan plays out,’’ Blake said. “He’s facing a new division. It’s hard to throw a four-seam against the [heavily right-handed] lineups of Boston, Baltimore and Toronto for anybody, let alone a lefty without a premium four-seamer.”
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