Comments on: BAPR Plus: Seattle Mariners

By: Dan Mattheis

Dan Mattheis — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:55:55 +0000

As far as I’ve seen, Morrow has never touched 100 mph. He has gotten it up to 99 mph, but he usually backs that off in favor of more movement on the fastball and sits in the 91-95 mph range. As he progressed through his college career, I saw him use his fastball more and more to get ahead in the count and set up something off-speed to get the batter out. I may be wrong, but I truly believe it is the movement on his fastball, and his ability to hit spots that will carry Morrow. The times he did get hit at Cal was when he’d try to put a little extra behind the pitch – it would flatten out, and good hitters would put it in to play.

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:57:41 +0000

To Mr. Bowen. Hold on to those tickets. Even if you don’t get Morrow to watch you may get to see Tony Butler, M’s left-handed #4 prospect to Morrow’s #3. That would be equally as good. And, if possible, buy up any Tony Butler stuff you find. It’s going to soon be worth much more than you’ll pay for it. And, hopefully, Chris Tillman won’t be far behind.

By: Rich Banaszewski

Rich Banaszewski — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:21:54 +0000

Morrow is definatly on the fast track, he has exceptional make up and has a good body of work for a guy with only 16 pro innings, he can definatly hack it in Seattle, but is probably too advanced for Double A and the Triple A clubhouse might not do him any favors, I think Seattle should just give him a spot in the pen, and if he struggles reign him in a bit, but if he handles himself well let him go, and slowly increase his workload. Either way he is set to succeed.

By: Jim Fletcher

Jim Fletcher — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:03:07 +0000

in response to dan’s comment, morrow actually does have the 100mph heat of lincecum and usually throws slightly harder than tim. interesting comparison to greg maddux as well, never heard that comparison with morrow, a bit of a reach as morrow uses power stuff to get hitters out and maddux relies more on location and movement, also i dont think many college hitters walked away believing they could hit him :). on another note, the mariners could definetly use the bulpen help and if the kid’s ready i say let him play

By: tony

tony — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:41:09 +0000

How Is ANTHONY VARVARO Coming Along So Far This Spring.

By: The Mariner Monitor » Prospect Reports Plus on the Mariners

The Mariner Monitor » Prospect Reports Plus on the Mariners — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:48:18 +0000

[...] At Baseball America’s prospect blog, they’re going back through their prospect reports and commenting on them based on what’s happened this spring.Â There’s some nice things to say about Brandon Morrow and they talk about how he’s in a battle with Sean White and Jon Huber for the final spot in the Mariners bullpen.Â He also talks about how Adam Jones has struggles and how Jesse Foppert was cut.Â It’s an interesting and up to date read. [link] [...]

By: Bob Bowen

Bob Bowen — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:03:58 +0000

I am a High Desert Maverick Fan (and Team Historian) and with 2007 being our first season as the High A affiliate of the Mariners I was hoping to see Brandon Morrow as our opening night starter, but it looks like he is ticketed for a position much higher up. Pitching is very important in High Desert as well as everywhere else, so I am very curious about who will be here on Opening Night. Pitchers have fared well here, but most have psyched themselves out and succumbed to the high elevation and blowing wind and not learned to pitch. In 1998 we had John Patterson and Brad Penny finish one-two in the E.R.A. race. Six pitchers (plus a re-hab start by Cory Lidle) on that staff saw major league service, so it can be done. The Pitching Coach was Dennis Lewallyn.

By: Dan Mattheis

Dan Mattheis — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:52:09 +0000

Living in the Bay Area, I was fortunate enough to see Morrow pitch a lot of Fridays for the Cal Bears. I always felt that BA shorted him just a little bit. I really do think that Morrow does have a chance to be one of the better RHPs in the league. He really seems to have a knack for throwing the right pitch, in the right spot at the right time. It would be unfair to Morrow to compare him to Greg Maddux, so I won’t, but college batters seemed to respond to Morrow the way batters reacted to Maddux. They walk back to the duggout shaking their heads and talking about how they know they can hit this guy, but for “some reason,” they just don’t. Morrow doesn’t have Lincecum’s 100 mph heat, and Miller is the appeal of being a southpaw, all Morrow does is get outs and win games. He also struck me as a guy with extraordinary make-up. I really hope he doesn’t make it to The Show right out of spring training though – selfish reasons only – April 5th the Sacramento Rivercats host the Tacoma Rainiers, and I’ve got good tickets.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:07:50 +0000

Any thoughts on the future of recently acquired prospect Jeff Frazier?