For anyone who missed it, Brandon Morrow made his Major League debut as a starting pitcher tonight. It was a long time coming. And I mean from the instant they drafted him long time. Two years ago Morrow was drafted fifth overall by the Mariners out of the University of California Berkley as a starting pitcher. After only 16 innings in the minors, he was rushed to the big league club out of spring training because of his electric fastball. The blogosphere, the papers, and the organization were all mass debating whether this was the right thing to do, as they watched Bellevue native and UW alum Tim Lincecum light up the National League. Lincecum was drafted 10th overallby the San Francisco Giants and people were outraged when the M’s passed up on him. This year he is 15-3 with a 2.60 ERA and leads the league in strike outs. I think daily about what it could have been like to have a Felix/Lincecum 1-2 punch. But never again will those thoughts enter my mind.
Tonight no one expected this. No one expected Morrow to get past 5 innings. I personally saw 3 or 4, with several runs given up. But he was lights out. There was so many things about his game he needed to adjust to become a successful starting pitcher and he nailed every single one of them. His fastball was consistantly in the mid 90’s. Hes curveball had such a nasty break it left hitters devastated and looking down right foolish. The mix of his pitches, the abilty to keep hitters off balance, and the ability to not allow the other team even a single hit through 7+ innings. And this was not some watered down Kansas City AAA lineup. This was the New York Yankees. A-Rod went 0-3. Jeter went 0-3. Hell, everyone went ofer until he finally ran out of gas late in the 8th inning. He gave up a pinch hit to some guy I had never heard of and Riggleman took him out as he had already exceeded his 90 pitch limit by sixteen. All of Safeco Field had never been so relieved, yet so disapointed, yet so extatic for the future of baseball in the emerald city.
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