One of the biggest surprises for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017 was the emergence of reliever Brandon Morrow, who signed a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training last offseason.
Morrow began the season with Triple-A Oklahoma City, but by the end of the season, he became the Dodgers most reliable reliever other than Kenley Jansen.
The 33-year-old did something that had only been done by one other person in the history of baseball, as he pitched in all seven games of the World Series that the Dodgers ended up losing to the Houston Astros.
Morrow proved his worth in the postseason, and it appears other teams took notice as Morrow is now a free agent and is getting interest from a lot of teams, via Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports:
Hear Brandon Morrow is quite popular in a strong relief market. Few helped themselves more in October.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) November 30, 2017
Morrow didn’t pitch at the Major League level until the end of May in 2017, but he was lights out the entire season as he yielded a 2.06 ERA, 1.55 FIP and 0.92 WHIP in 45 games while striking out 50 and walking nine in 43.2 innings of work.
He appeared in 14 postseason games, pitching to a 3.95 ERA and 1.69 WHIP, although if you take away Game 5 of the World Series in which he gave up four runs without recording an out, he gave up just two runs in 13.2 innings.
Morrow has said on multiple occasions that he has interest in re-signing with the Dodgers, but if another team throws a lot of money at him the Dodgers may be unwilling to match it.
The Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants have both already shown interest in signing him, with the Cubs possibly viewing him as their future closer.
Along with Morrow, there are other top relievers on the market like Wade Davis, Brian Shaw, Greg Holland, Addison Reed and Brandon Kintzler, which could lower the market value.
