Eduardo Morlan

Eduardo Morlan is a minor league pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays.

He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 2004 draft, and was acquired by the Rays on November 28, 2007. He started the 2008 season with the Montgomery Biscuits of the Class AA Southern League.

Baseball Career

Eduardo (Eddie) Morlan attended Coral Park (FL) High School, and is a native of La Habana, Cuba. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 2004 draft, and was signedigned by Hector Otero. After being signed, Morlan was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Twins.

2004 Season

Morlan made his professional debut as a member of the Gulf Coast League Twins, and appeared in 11 games, making two starts.

2005 Season

Morlan began the season at Elizabethton of the Appalachian League, and made four starts, posting a 0.82 earned run average.

2006 Season

Morlan spent the entire season with Beloit of the Midwest League, and appeared in 28 games, making 18 starts. He was amed a Midwest League All-Star after he posted a 2.29 earned run average in 106.1 innings of work, struck out 125 batters, and held opponents to a .202 batting average.

2007 Season

When the names were rolled out for the 2007 Florida State League All-Star Game, Morlan represented the Miracl.

2008 Season

In December, Morlan was included in a deal that sent him, Matt Garza, and Jason Bartlett to the Tampa Bay Rays for Delmon Young, Brendan Harris, and Jason Pridie.

Morlan has the chance to really make the deal hurt for Minnesota; he missed most of the first half of 2008, injuring his shoulder after six relatively ineffective performances to begin the season. He rejoined the Biscuits’ bullpen a few weeks, but has only made five relief appearances since coming back to the team. In 13.0 innings pitched, he has surrendered 17 hits, two of which were homers, eight runs (seven earned).

couting Report

Morlan’s three-pitch repertoire. The 6’2” 210 pound righty has been clocked approaching 100 MPH on his fastball. His curveball is rated as one of the five best in the Minnesots organization by Scout.com, and he has confidence to throw both the breaker and his above-average change in fastball counts.