The Cubs signed Brandon Morrow to a two-year contract with a third-year option that came with a buyout, which the team just paid. In all, the Cubs paid Morrow $21 million for half a year of play.
Half a year of dominant play, to be sure: a 1.47 ERA, 1.076 WHIP, 22 saves in 24 appearances.
Since the All-Star break in 2018, Morrow was injured, tried to come back, always had “setbacks” and did not pitch at all, not even in a rehab game.
Now, Gordon Wittenmyer of the Sun-Times reports that Morrow would like to come back to the Cubs:
Morrow, who spent a year and a half of his two-year, $21 million contract on the Cubs injured list, had a “minor” surgery to relieve nerve pressure on his troublesome right elbow at the end of the season.