Morrow Pulled for Health Reasons

by ~ August 30th, 2009 at 12:56 pm

Kirby Arnold is reporting that Brandon Morrow was pulled from his AAA start after 73 pitches because he was experiencing “a little tightness” in his throwing arm.

This is concerning because Morrow has dealt with this in the past.  You never like to see something keep flaring up.  Hopefully he can bounce back after a couple extra days off.

For what it’s worth, Kyle Boddy of Driveline Mechanics called Morrow a “significant injury risk” after breaking down his mechanics last September.

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  • http://proballnw.com Dustin Shires

    Tim Lincecum :(

  • http://proballnw.com Jon Shields

    Get over it.

  • http://www.marinercentral.com Lonnie

    Sometimes it takes a long, LONG time for people to get over a draft. There are some folks who still lament Portland taking Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan…

    Lonnie

  • http://proballnw.com Dustin Shires

    Yes. I shouldn’t be frustrated that Tim Lincecum was readily available…and well on his way to his 2nd straight Cy Young..

  • http://proballnw.com Jon Shields

    Correct.

  • http://proballnw.com Dustin Shires

    False.

  • Slurve

    Andrew Miller!

  • Brian

    I gotta agree with Dustin on this one. I’m still not over us not taking Lincecum and probably won’t be as long as he’s still raking in Cy Youngs and leading the league in Ks year after year. I still don’t know how you can pass on the home town kid with electric stuff. It’s not like the Mariners didn’t know he had Cy Young type ability. My last year at UW was when Lincecum was a freshmen and my buddy on the team told me I had to go and watch him because he had the best stuff he’d ever seen. Lincecum is one of the rare guys in baseball who has exceeded very very high expectations.

    If only our Ace could do the same thing…

  • http://proballnw.com Jon Shields

    It would have been great if the Mariners picked Lincecum. Yep. Then they could have seen him impress in his first Spring Training, where they would feel like he was one of the best options for the bullpen. He’d come out of nowhere to make the team, then waste 2 or more years of development in the bullpen.

    If Lincecum is placed in the same situation as Morrow, how much better does he look? Probably not a Cy Young award winning.. at least not yet.

    I guess I’m not much of a coulda woulda shoulda type of person. There are far too many draft mistakes to let one eat at me over the years. It’s not like Lincecum is the only pitcher taken after Morrow in that first round that looks better as of now. Clayton Kershaw or Max Scherzer would certainly be nice.

    Was picking Morrow over Lincecum even the worst first round slip up by the Mariners in recent years? 2005 saw Jeff Clement go #3 in “the best draft of all time.” Mariners passed up Ryan Zimmerman, Ryan Braun, Troy Tulowitzki, Jay Bruce among many others.

    Last year the Mariners picked Joshua Fields, a pure reliever, over guys like Christian Friedrich, Jaff Decker and various other potential studs. Time will tell on that one, but chances are that 5 years down the road fans will be even more outraged than they were at the time of the draft.

    Phillippe Aumont in 2007? The supposed degenerative hip condition throws a wrench into things, but with that motion few thought he could repeat his delivery enough to be a starter anyway. How long until fans start crying over the fact that the M’s passed up on Jason Heyward, Rick Porcello, Matt Dominguez or whoever else emerges? This one is different than the first two recent examples because Aumont wasn’t considered a big reach, but still…

    If I let myself burn on past failures of a baseball team I would have a hard time remaining a fan. These mistakes happen, even to the best organizations. The Mariners weren’t the only team to pass up on Lincecum, after all.

    If I want to be upset with past flops I’ll become a Cubs fan or something. I’m certainly not criticizing you (Dustin and Brian), because most people would probably admit that grinding on the misses is a big part of being a true fanatic. Like Lonnie said, some people down here in Portland still shake their head when it comes to passing on Michael Jordan, but it’s just not my style.