How does one feel good about a pitcher that surrenders six walks in 4 2/3 innings? Just ask Joe Maddon about Matt Moore, who did just that for the Rays on Tuesday against the Twins.
"That's as good as stuff as I've seen him have in a long time, based on fastball, break on the curveball and changeup, outstanding," he told the Tampa Tribune. "That as as good as stuff as he had when he beat the Rangers several years ago in the playoff game. The other part of it is the command still is a little bit there and then not there, but overall I kind of liked what I saw better, because we haven't seen that kind of stuff in a while."
Moore hit 96 mph on his fastball, but only threw half of his 96 pitches for strikes.