Not To Say He's Fragile Or Anything ...

Baseball Prospectus famously likes to proclaim that There Is No Such Thing As A Pitching Prospect; anything can happen to a young pitcher, from overuse to freak injury to lack of confidence to simple poor scouting. But it's one thing to not know if something bad is going to happen to a young pithcer; it's another all together to have this happen.

Picking up a phone to answer a call from the Seattle Mariners, highly regarded pitcher Brandon Morrow suffered an injury to his pitching elbow Tuesday that may have to be repaired by "Tommy John" ligament replacement surgery. ... The call was to tell him that the Mariners selected him with their first-round pick, fifth overall, in the amateur baseball draft.

You hate to see that.

Alas, The Odds Are Against M's Top Pick [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

(UPDATE: It turns out the Mariners are saying this story is not true, and that the whole matter was a "spoof.")