Left-hander Adrian Morejon is one of the top relievers on the free agent market, and he wants to keep it that way as per Will Sammon, Ken Rosenthal, and Katie Woo of The Athletic. This is in spite of Morejon drawing interest as a starter from various teams on the market.
The 27-year-old Morejon is coming off a dominant year as a set-up man for closer Mason Miller. The native of Artemisa, Cubs posted a 2.83 ERA with a 30.4% strikeout rate across a career-high 86 innings. Morejon finished tied for fifth in the league with 28 holds. He also saved three games to go along with a 9-3 record and a 1.9 bWAR .
The southpaw has compiled 60 holds, 25 wins, and eight saves over the last three years out of the San Diego Padres bullpen. Without a doubt Morejón has been one of the top relievers in the game and it might benefit him monetarily to remain in the pen.
We spoke to Morejón earlier this year and had this to say about his role with the Padres, “Honestly, I feel comfortable wherever I can help the team. I am always available whenever they need me, no matter what inning it is. I always go out there and try to do a good job. Sometimes I have to pitch two innings and sometimes I don’t, but I always try to be available for the team.”
Morejón was a signed as a starter in international free agency after detecting from Cuba in 2016 and received an 11 million dollar signing bonus. When we asked him in our same interview early this year he sounded a little more open to taking the mound as a starter once again, ” Yes I would. In the end, that is what I did all the time before 2024, but who knows if one day I might return to being a starter.”