Twins Spotlight: RHP Andrew Morris

Very interesting young man, Seth.  And thanks for bringing us something other than another article on getting that ACE pitcher followed by all the articles on catchers.

Reading about him brought back lots of memories.  Our son played for Denver U back in the 80's and I remember spending a wonderful long weekend in Grand Junction when they played Mesa State.  The highlight for me, however, was spending some time away from the ballpark at several of the Peach groves in the area.  Have always been a sucker for those fantastic Colorado peaches which grow along the Colorado River in the Mesa area.

Must admit I knew nothing about this young man prior to watching this.  Sounds like someone we just might get excited about next year and beyond.

Nice article. Good luck to this young man. One thing we saw in the playoffs - command and control of your pitches is the ticket. 

Thanks Seth, I'll place him on my radar. 

Seth I really appreciate articles like this. Thank you.

Thank you, Seth. I needed that hope-filled article/interview this Monday morning. 

3 hours ago, roger said:

Very interesting young man, Seth.  And thanks for bringing us something other than another article on getting that ACE pitcher followed by all the articles on catchers.

Reading about him brought back lots of memories.  Our son played for Denver U back in the 80's and I remember spending a wonderful long weekend in Grand Junction when they played Mesa State.  The highlight for me, however, was spending some time away from the ballpark at several of the Peach groves in the area.  Have always been a sucker for those fantastic Colorado peaches which grow along the Colorado River in the Mesa area.

Must admit I knew nothing about this young man prior to watching this.  Sounds like someone we just might get excited about next year and beyond.

 

Very cool that your son played college ball.  Must have been some pretty great memories.  Our oldest is just finding out that we weren't kidding when we told him about how difficult it can be to balance academics, school life and college ball (and on a side note, fall ball went well so Coach told him he should see some innings out of the bullpen as a Freshman this year ).

Also, thanks as always Seth.  Love these spot lights on some pretty amazing young men. 

2 hours ago, MN_ExPat said:

Very cool that your son played college ball.  Must have been some pretty great memories.  Our oldest is just finding out that we weren't kidding when we told him about how difficult it can be to balance academics, school life and college ball (and on a side note, fall ball went well so Coach told him he should see some innings out of the bullpen as a Freshman this year ).

Also, thanks as always Seth.  Love these spot lights on some pretty amazing young men. 

Recall your son is in Chattanooga, right? 

Perhaps the most memorable trip was one of their spring trips to Las Cruces, NM.  Don't remember a lot about the games, but I will always remember going to Mesilla where we walked into this neat photography gallery.  All the pictures were signed by Bob Lilly.  We asked if it was 'the' Bob Lilly and was told yes.  The gal went into the back room to get him and we talked for probably an hour.  Was fun talking to one of the all-time greats who played for the Cowboys, me being from the Wisconsin Fox Valley (green bay area).

1 hour ago, Seth Stohs said:

Seriously impressive young man, I'd say. Four years of college under his belt and still just 21. Good stuff. Definitely one to watch in 2023! 

FYI - Two more Twins Spotlight shows coming this week. So, check back for those... hoping to do 2-3 per week. 

Also have a 3-part series with Brewers LHP prospect Brandon Knarr that kicked off today at Brewer Fanatic. I think @roger would really enjoy this interview. In Part 1 today, it's his younger years, and he talks about being a 12-13 year old and learning a pitch-grip from a future Hall of Famer. Also talks about his year at Notre Dame before joining the College of Central Florida where he played for Marty Smith. The hitting coach was Marty's son Ryan Smith who is now the Saints hitting coach. The pitching coach was Zach Bove for the first half of that season, until the Twins brought him aboard. He is now the assistant minor league pitching coordinator.  Always fun to find those kinds of connections. But also Knarr is smart and discussed so many things in the detail we like. 

I ran into Coach Smith (The Elder), two years ago I believe, at a showcase my son was attending.  I was wearing a Twins shirt and we struck up a conversation about the Twins and his son.  He was super bummed when the Twins moved on from the Pensacola Wahoos, as it was just a short trip form him to go and see them play and spend time with his son.  Pretty good guy.

2 hours ago, roger said:

Recall your son is in Chattanooga, right? 

Perhaps the most memorable trip was one of their spring trips to Las Cruces, NM.  Don't remember a lot about the games, but I will always remember going to Mesilla where we walked into this neat photography gallery.  All the pictures were signed by Bob Lilly.  We asked if it was 'the' Bob Lilly and was told yes.  The gal went into the back room to get him and we talked for probably an hour.  Was fun talking to one of the all-time greats who played for the Cowboys, me being from the Wisconsin Fox Valley (green bay area).

Yes Sir... great recall .

Sounds like that was a great trip, and a pretty cool experience to geek out about.

1 hour ago, Seth Stohs said:

Seriously impressive young man, I'd say. Four years of college under his belt and still just 21. Good stuff. Definitely one to watch in 2023! 

 

FYI - Two more Twins Spotlight shows coming this week. So, check back for those... hoping to do 2-3 per week. 

Also have a 3-part series with Brewers LHP prospect Brandon Knarr that kicked off today at Brewer Fanatic. I think @roger would really enjoy this interview. In Part 1 today, it's his younger years, and he talks about being a 12-13 year old and learning a pitch-grip from a future Hall of Famer. Also talks about his year at Notre Dame before joining the College of Central Florida where he played for Marty Smith. The hitting coach was Marty's son Ryan Smith who is now the Saints hitting coach. The pitching coach was Zach Bove for the first half of that season, until the Twins brought him aboard. He is now the assistant minor league pitching coordinator.  Always fun to find those kinds of connections. But also Knarr is smart and discussed so many things in the detail we like. 

Thanks for the heads up, Seth.

Impressive young man.  When I watch your interviews with Twins prospects, I hope that most of them make it.  Watching this, I got a feeling I know this kid is going to be good...real good.  Guess we will just have to tip our caps to the Brew Crew.

Looks like he got the make up with 4 pitches and his stats look good year after year ...

Hope we got a good one , see you at target field in a few years kid , go get them  ...