QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 28, 2012 -> 04:12 PM)
If you listened to Hawk, he's described Morel as basically being unable to bend over without pain, leading to him just being totally unable to deal with anything on the outside edge of the plate. If he's wincing and unable to square up that pitch, then yeah, he's going to be overly defensive on anything outside, because he couldn't hit it hard with his back and was just forced to protect.
So has he had this back injury all year? He has been doing this since the season started. If so then why on Earth was he not on the DL?