Once a middle-of-the-road starting pitcher, Brandon Morrow revived his career as a dominant relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers during their 2017 run to the World Series. Morrow turned that into a two-year, $21 million contract with the Chicago Cubs.
He was primed to be their closer but only appeared in 35 games for Chicago. Morrow dealt with back, biceps and elbow trouble. Elbow surgery and a subsequent setback wound up preventing Morrow from pitching in 2019, and the Cubs declined their option for last year.
Morrow re-signed to a Minor League contract for the 2020 and deemed healthy going into Spring Training but suffered a chest strain and one week later a partially torn calf muscle early into camp.