Roy Halladay Mental Comment Explains Reason For A Shocking Bad Season Start

Roy Halladay’s mental comment attempts to explain why the baseball player is having a bad start this season. As he shared, the struggle is all in his head.

In two games, Halladay has a 14.73 ERA in 7 1/3 innings after allowing 12 earned runs and three home runs. Halladay’s strikeout totals are high (12), but so are his walks (six) and WHIP (2.455). Based on his previous records, Halladay has not struggled this much since he was a 23-year-old Toronto Blue Jay in 2000. Back then he had a 10.64 ERA, which prompted a decision for him to be sent back to minors to readjust.

Talking to Philly.com, Halladay said that his struggle is all in the mind. ““I would say 95 percent is mental. It’s simplifying, it’s getting to the basics. It’s letting things happen and trying to force things. It’s a game of failure and I’ve had my fair share. Some days you’re a horse and some days you’re a horse’s ass and I’ve been a horse’s ass for a little while. It’s something that I’ve dealt a lot with in the past and I feel like I can overcome. The more you want it, the harder it is. You almost have to really back that off and put some perspective in the whole thing.”

Halladay also had a rough time at the end of the 2012 season. He had a 3.98 ERA in his first 11 games and 4.93 through the last 14.

Halladay’s velocity has been on a downward trajectory for two years now. His two-seam fastball is averaging 89.9 miles every hour this season after it was 90.5 last year, according to website Fangraphs.com. His career average fastball is still at 92.2 miles per hour.