Good night.
Alright, fine. It’s at least worth mentioning why it appeared J.C. Mejía’s start went immediately off the rails en route to an 8-2 loss to the Cardinals. He cruised through the first two outs of the bottom of the first inning before struggling to find the zone and leaning far too heavily on his slider.
It’s difficult to know who is to blame at first glance for that disaster of an inning — sort of just everybody. Mejía probably should have hit his spots better, but Austin Hedges probably should have called for something other than sliders when it was clear his pitcher had no feel for it.