Brandon League was a favorite of mine, and Hugo liked him too: Leaguer, if this is it, it's been fun having you on the Jays. You are often amazed, occasionally frustrated with your crazy sinker and constantly morphing mechanics. Your tattoos gave hope to Asian Americans everywhere that they could be considered cool. Good luck, and enjoy the West Coast!
Anytime you can trade a reliever for a starter....you should do it. League turned into a decent closer, putting up 52 saves and a 3.26 ERA in 2.5 seasons for the M's. They traded him to the Dodgers for a couple of minor leaguers. League was good in LA for the second half of the 2012 season. He got a $22.5 million 3-year contract (with a vesting option for a 4th year).
Morrow needed a fair bit of help from former pitching coach Bruce Walton, which he told us about back in 2012: Brandon, it's my second year with Brandon. In his first year, we went through some walk issues, command issues. We pretty much ironed it out. We got to the point where we left many balls in the middle of the plate. So we went from one extreme to the other.
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