Who is Eduardo Morlan?
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From: powrwrap on 29 Nov 2007 11:31 Eduardo Morlan was the third player the Twins used in the Garza/ Bartlett trade with the Rays. Who is he? A 21 year old right-handed starting pitcher turned reliever. He's been in the Twins organization since 2004 (rookie league), split time in rookie league and A ball in 2005, A ball in 2006 and 2007, making it to AA ball for 2 games in late 2007. I can understand why the Rays wanted him. In 96 games in the minors here are Morlan's stats: 274.2 IP 2.82 ERA 1.13 WHIP 206 hits 105 BB's and 337 SO's. He did pitch one inning for the Twins in 2007 spring training, striking out 2.
From: brianj on 29 Nov 2007 12:15 On Nov 29, 10:31 am, powrwrap <powrw...(a)aol.com> wrote: > Eduardo Morlan was the third player the Twins used in the Garza/ > Bartlett trade with the Rays. Who is he? > > A 21 year old right-handed starting pitcher turned reliever. He's been > in the Twins organization since 2004 (rookie league), split time in > rookie league and A ball in 2005, A ball in 2006 and 2007, making it > to AA ball for 2 games in late 2007. > > I can understand why the Rays wanted him. > > In 96 games in the minors here are Morlan's stats: > > 274.2 IP 2.82 ERA 1.13 WHIP 206 hits 105 BB's and 337 SO's. > > He did pitch one inning for the Twins in 2007 spring training, > striking out 2. With those numbers, it seems strange that it is taking him so long to crack the majors. Any idea what's up with that? brianj
From: powrwrap on 29 Nov 2007 13:38 > On Nov 29, 11:15 am, brianj <firstp...(a)turtlecreek.net> wrote: > With those numbers, it seems strange that it is taking him so long to > crack the majors. Any idea what's up with that? Typically guys with high strikeout to innings ratios have a blazing fastball. His might not have much movement on it, meaning he would get slaughtered at higher levels. Or they are trying to teach him a changeup to go with it. Note that he's only 21. Not too many pitchers make it to the majors in their high teens, low twenties anymore. The last guy that I know of is Felix Hernandez of the Mariners.
From: H Glazer on 1 Dec 2007 17:36 powrwrap <powrwrap(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:645c2461-21f3-4579-af3b-3ac8c9987489(a)y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > On Nov 29, 11:15 am, brianj <firstp...(a)turtlecreek.net> wrote: > > > With those numbers, it seems strange that it is taking him so long to > > crack the majors. Any idea what's up with that? > > Typically guys with high strikeout to innings ratios have a blazing > fastball. His might not have much movement on it, meaning he would get > slaughtered at higher levels. Or they are trying to teach him a > changeup to go with it. > > Note that he's only 21. Not too many pitchers make it to the majors in > their high teens, low twenties anymore. The last guy that I know of is > Felix Hernandez of the Mariners. He was here in New Britain late last season. He actually has a variety of pitches -- his fastball topped out at 93-94 on the stadium speed display the two times I saw him, but he was changing speeds with a slider and curve as well. A little wild in those two appearances, but nobody was making really good contact off him. The Rays knew what they were asking for, but I don't see it hurting the Twins all that much -- more potential high-quality setup men seem to pass through their system than just about anything else. Howard, the Rock Cats fan.
From: powrwrap on 1 Dec 2007 18:19
> On Dec 1, 4:36 pm, "H Glazer" <hmg...(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: > He was here in New Britain late last season. He actually has a variety of > pitches -- his fastball topped out at 93-94 on the stadium speed display the > two times I saw him, but he was changing speeds with a slider and curve as > well. A little wild in those two appearances, but nobody was making really > good contact off him. Ahh...a scouting report is always appreciated. |