Stott has 'a low heartbeat' no matter the stakes. The latest example was a key at-bat in a comeback win in Game 1.
Perhaps it was the 10-pitch walk he worked Friday night in theagainst Justin Verlander that fooled people into thinking he’d been here before. Or maybe it was the double he stroked last week in the pennant clincher off Yu Darvish that made him look like a hitter with more than 127 big-league games. Or it could’ve been the way the fans sang along to his walk-up song as he dug into the batter’s box, treating him as if he’d been playing in South Philly for years.
“He’s incredible,” J.T. Realmuto said. “He just has that mantra about him where nothing really gets to him. It’s kind of similar to Ranger Suárez on the mound. Like nothing gets to him. He’s calm, cool, and collected all the time. He has a lot of confidence in himself, but he doesn’t show it on the outside. Like he’s not cocky at all. He just goes about his business, and he’s been huge for us all postseason.
“Heck, when you saw him in spring training, you knew that guy was a big-leaguer,” Kyle Schwarber said. “The way that he went out there and controlled his at-bats in spring training, you knew right away. Everyone has an adjustment period. The way he adjusted, he had a heck of a second half and the way that he’s playing right now, it’s not a shock. It’s not a shock.Stott’s walk in Friday’s fourth inning kept alive the team’s three-run rally against Verlander.