Adam Morgan’s career with the Phillies has been for the most part a disappointment. Ranked as high as the No. 5 prospect in the system in 2012 by Baseball America – behind other studs like Jesse Biddle, Roman Quinn, Tommy Joseph, and Jonathan Pettibone – the hope was Morgan could at least prove to be a serviceable back-of-the-rotation arm after a shoulder injury caused him to miss all of 2014.
Unfortunately, Morgan was never able to reach those expectations. In 2015 he started 15 games with a 4.48 ERA and meager 13.