I have waited for Zach Lee's major league debut since the day the Dodgers drafted him in the first round in 2010 and signed him away from being the Quarterback at LSU at the last minute. That is one of the things I love about Major League Baseball is that it may take five or six years for a player to develop to where he can even make it to "The Show" to pitch one inning, one at bat, or even spend one day on the roster.
Zach Lee had been called up a couple of weeks to spend one day on the Dodgers roster in case he was needed and immediately sent back down after the game. He was called up for a start against Matt Harvey and the New York Mets and it was not the Hall of Fame beginning that I was hoping for. Lee got touched up to the tune of seven runs in 4 2/3 innings and was tagged with the loss. Lee was probably headed back to Oklahoma City after this game anyway, so hopefully he will use this as a learning experience and know what he has to work on and how to improve his game.
Pitching is an art form. Almost every pitcher in the majors can hit 90 MPH on the radar gun. The minors are filled with hard throwers that will never make it past AA baseball. When you learn how to pitch is when you stand a chance of being a major league pitcher.
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