His numbers have not been great but Cueto has better stuff than Edinson Volquez and has still shown flashes of brilliance.
His strikeout numbers could very well develop into making him the K king of 2009 because he has nasty stuff.
Usually, with strikeout pitchers, the ERA and WHIP numbers start to go down because simply the hitters aren't putting the ball in play.
I think that will happen for Cueto and he could be next years Tim Lincecum.
SP - Brandon Morrow, Seattle Mariners
Another guy that could be the next Tim Lincecum is one of the pitcher's drafted ahead of him.
Morrow was very good last year as a pitcher in the big leagues less than a year after he was drafted.
He has been downright nasty this year and at times unhittable putting together long strings of innings in which he maybe allowed a runner to reach base once every 4 appearances.
Next year Morrow will transition to starter and probably be valued about where Adam Wainwright was valued when he made the offseason transition to starter but Morrow is even more talented than Wainwright.
I expect his win totals to be in the low ten range, but should put up an ERA in the mid-three's with a strikeout ratio above 8 per 9 innings. Those are very good numbers, especially for a late-rounder.
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