In November, the Chicago Cubs traded prospect Alfonsin Rosario for pitcher Eli Morgan of the Cleveland Guardians via trade.
During his collegiate career, Morgan played college baseball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. He was selected by the Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) in the eighth round of the 2017 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2021, added his bio.
Major leagues:
According to his bio, the Indians promoted Morgan to the major leagues on May 28, 2021, and he made his major league debut that same day, starting against the Toronto Blue Jays. With winds gusting up to 45 mph in a game called early due to weather, over 2+2⁄3 innings he gave up six earned runs, eight hits (including three doubles), and two walks, and struck out one, and was tagged with the loss as the Indians fell 11–2.
Morgan bio says he had a lower ERA each successive month of the season, culminating with his five starts in the last month of the season in which he was 3–1 with a 3.90 ERA and held batters to a .240 batting average. In 2023, Morgan was 5-2 with one save, seven holds, and a 4.01 ERA, as in a career-high 61 games he pitched 67+1⁄3 innings.
He struck out 75 batters, and struck out 10.0 batters per 9 innings. He had a salary of $727,000. In 2024, he was 3–0 with a 1.93 ERA and 34 strikeouts, in 32 games covering 42 innings, with a WHIP of 0.976, added his bio.
(Information courtesy of Eli Morgan bio).
