The Detroit Tigers took Rick Porcello at #27 within the first round throughout the 2007 amateur draft from Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, New Jersey. The Toronto Blue Jays selected Ricky Romero at #6 within the first round throughout the 2005 amateur draft out of Cal St. Fullerton. This past Thursday, April 9th, both made their major league debuts despite somewhat drastically different routes towards the big Dustin Hopkins Jersey leagues. More interesting is they made their debuts against one another, which based on the MLB Network happens to be a baseball first, in that this matchup marked the very first time two rookies previously drafted in the first round made their debuts while squaring off in the same game. Porcello surprisingly earned a spot in the Tigers rotation out of spring training after never pitching above A-ball. On surface of that, a strict development program instituted last season Evan Spencer Jersey specifically called for Porcello to work on his secondary offerings in the cost of some performance based indicators. Though he didn't fan more than six batters per nine innings inside a low level of minor league baseball, many scouts pointed out that Porcello was merely toying using the hitters, able to dominating at any point if the Tigers shortened the leash on his throwing program. In his debut, Porcello lasted five innings, walked one, fanned four, and induced grounders on 64% of his balls in play. E sentially, though his actual pitching line will not earn him the sport Score of the year, Porcello performed as advertised, recording strikeouts, showing solid poise and control, and maintaining your ball on the floor. Romero has a bit more seasoning, having attended John Riggins Jersey Cal St. Fullerton from 2001-05 before spending the following three seasons in the minor leagues. The this past year and a half of his minor league career is particularly intriguing meaning that Romero performed better against tougher comptition. In 2007, after 4.1 innings in High A-ball, Romero posted a 8.2 K/9 and 5.2 BB/9 in Double-A. His first 121.2 innings in 2008 came in Double-A, in which the aforementioned rates regre sed to 5.8 and 4.1, respectively. 41.2 innings of Triple-A competition later and Romero was striking out 8. Josh Norman Jersey 0 batters per nine while walking just 4.2 over the same span. Though his pitching line appears much better than Porcellos, specifically the 6 IP-2 ER part, both had much the same outings. Romero walked two, fanned five, and induced grounders on 59% of his balls in play. Both even throw their fastballs at very similar velocities. The major difference in their debuts are available in pitch distribution, as Porcello, perhaps pleased to once again have the opportunity using the fastball, threw the pitch 74% of times. Romero, as is the case with seemingly all Blue Jays starting pitchers, threw under 50% fastballs and incorporated much more of his offspeed pitches. Romero is not likely to po se s just as much wiggle room as Spencer Long Jersey Porcello given his age which the Blue Jays pa sed on Troy Tulowitzki and Matt Garza to get his services. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that even when he becomes able to holding down #3-starter status in the big leagueswhich isn't any easy featRomero may be viewed as a disappointment. Both of those pitchers will forever be linked through the historical nature of the debuts and our eyes should be continued each as the season progre ses.