Morrow hurls solid transition outing

[Porter]

SEATTLE -- The conversion of right-hander Brandon Morrow from reliever to starter began Wednesday morning at Triple-A Tacoma, where he pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings against Albuquerque in a Pacific Coast League game.

He threw 34 pitches, 21 for strikes, and surrendered one hit in his first outing with Tacoma.

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He hit consistently 92-93 on the gun and occasionally hit 95 or 97 on some pitches. Morrow had a pitch count of 35 and was under by a pitch or so. I would still be really careful on how to handle the situation. They should have had him down at the same time as Roland-Smith. I listened to his outing on the radio.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Sounds like they are going very slow. 35 pitches is a very low start. I think with the season shot like this, it's really not a bad idea. We'll see what the outcome is in the long run, but he will be very beneficial to the rotation, and I think they're going to do it right. Then again, they ruined Felix...

[Porter]

They didn't ruin Felix by any means of the imagination. I wouldn't know why you would say that. His only DL trip was on a play at the plate. As for the Morrow move, It should have been done much earlier. Why did we need him as the closer?!?!? Its not like we are winning games here. He should have been sent down in June to be used as the starter after the All-Star Break.

[DirtyKash]

He threw one inning (19 pitches) just two days before that, so 35 was really probably all he was set to go.